Practical observations on the venereal disease, and on the use of mercury / By Abraham Colles.

  • Colles, Abraham, 1773-1843.
Date:
1837
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Practical observations on the venereal disease, and on the use of mercury / By Abraham Colles. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TO SIR ASTLEY P. COOPER, BART. de. &e. My dear Sir Astley, T'wo motives influence me in placing your distinguished name in the front of the book which I now publish. I have the vanity to wish it to be known that I am honoured with your friendship ; and I cannot neglect the only opportunity that may ever present itself of paying such tribute as I have to offer—not merely to the highest professional station and celebrity, but to a juster object of admiration: that zeal in the cultivation of science which has outlived, in you, all the ordinary incentives to human industry. Enjoying a splendid fortune, and an undisputed prece- dence, you have nothing further in wealth or eminence to desire. In such circumstances, the world can ascribe your unabated ardour and energy in those fields of enquiry, where you have already had such brilliant success, to nothing but the purest love of truth, and the virtuous ambition of promoting the interests of humanity. An _ example such as you set will always have more admirers than imitators: amongst the former permit me to claim a high place ; and believe me, My dear Sir Astley, With these and every other sentiment of regard and respect, Your devoted friend and servant, ABRAHAM COLLES. Stephen’s Green, Dublin, 20th Jan. 1837.