XIV PREFACE. 



prefixed by the immortal Galen to his Methodus 

 Medendi, are true, as they most certainly are : — 

 " The magnitude of a disease is in proportion to 

 its deviation from the healthy state; and the 

 extent of this deviation can be ascertained by him 

 only who is perfectly acquainted with the healthy 

 state." 



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