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include in one branch, under the name of Pharmacology. The study 

 of diseases, and their proper remedies, forms another extensive branch, 

 usually known as the Practice of Medicine, or medicine proper, for 

 which we would propose the name Thereology. And lastly, for 

 Surgery, and other kindred subjects which cannot properly appear in 

 a general classification, we would revive the term Chirurgery; as 

 admitting of this extended signification. The subject of Medical 

 Jurisprudence, being an application of the various principles of 

 Androphysics to legal cases, of murder, suicide, wounds, or personal 

 injuries, may be considered as an appendix to this department, rather 

 than a distinct branch of it. 



We proceed then, to give a synopsis of Androphysics, under the 

 branches of Andronomy, Pharmacology, Thereology, and Chirurgery. 



CHAPTER I. 



ANDRONOMY. 



IN the branch of Andronomy, we comprehend the study of the 

 numan frame, in a healthy state ; or the structure and functions of its 

 various organs, and the means by which they have been made 

 known. The name is derived from the Greek, cu^p, a man, and 

 >o,cto$, a law; hence signifying the laws of the human body, as 

 Zoonomy does those of animals in general, and Phytonomy those 

 of plants. Anatomy, so named from the Greek avatepva), I dissect, 

 or cut in pieces, relates to the structure of the body, or its organi- 

 zation ; while Physiology, relates to the functions of the different 

 organs, or their uses in supporting animal life: and both are included 

 in the present branch, Andronomy. Human Anatomy and Physi- 

 ology, have been greatly illustrated by the study of Zoonomy, or 

 Comparative Anatomy and Physiology, which names have been 

 applied to the similar study of the various animal races. The study 

 of Andronomy is evidently indispensable to the physician and surgeon ; 

 and of high importance to the sculptor and painter : while all classes 

 of men may profit by a knowledge of its general principles, in 

 preserving or improving their health. 



The earliest knowledge of Anatomy, probably originated in the 

 casual exposure of skeletons, and the inspection of wounds, or 

 diseased parts of the body. Great knowledge of this science has 

 been attributed to the Egyptian, Thoth, called by the Greeks, 

 Hermes ; (p. 26) ; but as the Egyptians held in abhorrence those 

 who dissected the human body, or even who practised embalming, 

 their knowledge on this subject must have been very limited. In 

 Greece, Democritus of Abdera, devoted much time to the dissection 

 of animals; and perhaps did more for this branch than Hippocrates, 

 his great contemporary. Plato theorized on Andronomy ; but Aristo- 

 tle wrote practical treatises on it, of real value, though frequently 

 erroneous. Hippocrates spoke of the muscles merely as flesh : and 

 onfounded the nerves with the ligaments and tendons: but Aristotle 



