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more satisfactorily solved by Mr. Hunter's 

 Theory of Life than by any other. 



Impressed with the difficulties of the 

 task I have undertaken, of giving lectures 

 in the presence of men of superior know- 

 ledge and talents, respecting subjects on 

 which every one has formed his own opi- 

 nions, which of course he thinks correct ; 

 though desirous of fulfilling the design 

 of these lectures to the extent of my 

 ability, I feel unable to display the subjects 

 of them in any other way than that to 

 which I have been accustomed. Thinking 

 as Mr. Hunter taught, with regard to 

 life and its functions, in health and disorder, 

 I must use his language as expressive 

 of the phsenomena we observe. That an 

 attention to the sympathies of parts and 

 organs is necessary to our understanding 

 disorder and disease, I shall hereafter en- 

 deavour to shew. That Mr. Hunter 



