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In treating of medicines, the Professor does not im- 

 plicitly follow, or adopt, the arrangements of any pre- 

 ceding writer : on the contrary, he pursues an arrange- 

 ment of his own. This arrangement, however, is far 

 from being perfect; nor is it satisfying to the Professor 

 himself. He offers it, with diffidence, as a sketch, or 

 idea, of what he hopes to render much more complete, 

 at some future period. 



Before entering on the consideration of the individual 

 articles of the science, the Professor gives what he calls 

 the GENERAL CHARACTER of the class, or rather scction,. 

 of medicines of which he is treating : that is, he speaks 

 of them, 1, physiologically, as the whole body of medi- 

 cines, included in the section, are found to produce 

 somewhat of one general assemblage of effects upon the 

 living system, especially m hen in a healthy state ; and, 

 2, pathologically, as the same body of medicines is found 

 adapted to the cure of an individual disease, or to that 

 of a family of diseases. This part of the subject is espe- 

 cially intended for the student somewhat advanced in 

 medical reading, observation, and inquiry, 



In treating of particular medicines, whether they be 

 derived from the vegetable, the animal, or the mineral 

 kingdom, or elsewhere, the Professor always delivers, 

 where it seems in the least requisite to do it, the natural 

 history of the article of which he treats. He illustrates, 

 whenever this can be done, the subject of his lecture, 

 by specimens or correct drawings. He treats, at length, 

 of the effects of the articles upon the pulse, or arte- 

 rial system, and upon the other individual or subordinate 



