DEDICATION. 



To Sir Benjamin Brodie, Bart., etc., etc., etc. 



My dear Sir, 



Allow me to dedicate to you a few loose thoughts on a 

 subject which involves discussions far from alien to our 

 common professions, and of which the intrinsic interest 

 might well recommend it to abler hands. 



I remain, my dear Sir, 



very truly yours, 



THE AUTHOR, 



Paris, 



46, Rue Basse du Remparl, 

 September, 1837. 



