ADVERTISEMENT. 



THE First Part of The Philadelphia Medical and Physical 

 Journal is, at length, presented to the public. The Editor sub- 

 mits it to its fate, with a hope, that it will not be received with 

 more indifference than some of his other publications, of which 

 the reception has been too favourable and flattering. 



Accustomed, as he long has been, to an inspection of works, the 

 plans of which are not essentially different from that of the Jour- 

 nal, the Editor is but too well persuaded of the many imperfec- 

 tions and deficiences of the present publication. Of his own pa- 

 pers and « fragmentary rubbish," he thinks himself qualified to 

 form a pretty correct judgment. They are not, perhaps, of much 

 consequence: they are thrown together without much regard to 

 order, and nothing like neatness or elegance of style has been con- 

 sulted, in a single instance : but they may be useful. They con- 

 tain facts (many of which are new) which, in the hands of others, 

 may serve as the bases of regular essays, if not of durable systems : 

 they sometimes « start a game," which, by better huntsmen than 

 himself, may be pursued with advantage. 



Of the papers, facts, &c, communicated to him by others, it 

 becomes the Editor to speak with more hesitation. To say that 

 he deems them valuable or important were to speak in highly fa- 

 vourable terms of the Journal : for the communications of others 

 form a considerable part of the present volume. He ventures to 

 flatter himself, however, that among the number of the original 

 papers in the First Section, there are some which would not be 

 deemed unworthy of a place in any similar production. 1 he 



