THE FIRST EDITION OF THIS WORK 

 WAS DEDICATED TO 



SIR BENJAMIN COLLINS BRODIE, BART., F.R.S., D.C.L. 



IN ADMIRATION OF 



HIS GREAT TALENTS 



AND IN REMEMBRANCE OF 



MANY ACTS OF KINDNESS SHOWN TO THE ORIGINAL 

 AUTHOR OF THE BOOK 



FROM AN 

 EARLY PERIOD OF HIS PROFESSIONAL CAREER 



