Excerpt from Nature in Disease: To Which Are Added Miscellaneous Writings, Chiefly on Medical Subjects; Illustrated in Various Discourses and Essays The exclusive pursuit of any profession frequently tends to an undue exaggeration of its powers. What we have been early taught to accept on authority, and what we have been accustomed habitually to announce to others, may be come engrafted on our own belief, so as to constitute an unquestioned rule of practice. The necessity is, on this account, more imperative, that inquirers for truth should divest themselves of personal considerations, and seek for rules of practice which are based on enlightened experience, and impartial and reliable evidence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.