OBSERVATIONS. 9 



.exculpated every page from the leaft accufa- 

 lion of plagiarifm, as it will be found to differ 

 very materially from oth:r publications upon the 

 fame fubjecli and the exa6l reverfe of thofe in 

 circulation. The ftudious inquirer will be mod 

 ferioufly difappointed if he expects to find, in 

 thefe pages a literal imitation and repetition of 

 Gibson's anatomital ftrudure, with the iden^ 

 tical plates and coirefponding referrences, or a 

 dangerous combination of defiruclive articles 

 heterogeneoujly blended and cruelly applied. 



Saying thus much to corroborate the intent 

 and meaning of our own work, it becomes 

 immediately applicable to repeat our aflertlons 

 refpeding thedanger of others; particularly in 

 thofe truly 'wonderful prefcriptive parts, fo mo- 

 deftly affirmed to be the conjunclive efforts of 

 learned phyfcianSy fludious anatomijls^ 2ind pro^ 

 f dents in furgery. That the pradical know- 

 ledge of thefe nominal phyficians '* in buckram" 

 has far exceeded every thing prefcribed before 

 their time, the magnitude and almofl unlimited 

 number of dangerous articles introduced in 

 their recipes will fufficiently demonftrate to 

 thofe who are fo truly unfortunate as to have 

 the perufal fall to their lot ; but more particu- 

 larly 



