TO 



E. MULLIGAN, M. D., F.R.S.E., &c. 

 JOHN FLETCHER, M. D., &c. 



AKD 



WILLIAM SELLER, M. D., &c. 



MY DEAR SIRS, 



IF friendship, and a sense of gratitude for many favours received, had not 

 naturally directed me to you, as individuals to whom I could, with heartfelt 

 satisfaction, dedicate the present production, your well known intellectual 

 acuteness and professional acquirements would alone have been sufficient to 

 inspire a wish to possess the honour of your names. In having the opportu- 

 nity of uniting the feelings of the friend with the admiration of a pupil, it is 

 with particular pleasure I embrace the present occasion to assure you that I 

 am not insensible of the honour of your friendship, nor ungrateful for the 

 benefits you have conferred, and the interest you have shown in promoting 

 the completion of this Physiological Inquiry. To you I am particularly 

 indebted for having examined the sheets during the progress of their printing. 

 Your liberal remarks have enabled me, in many instances, to take a more 

 extended or correct view of certain of those physiological subjects considered 

 in their outline or detail in the present volume ; and your approbation and 

 encouragement have made me cultivate with pleasure what otherwise might 

 have been a labour. Believe me, 



My DEAR Si as, 



Your Sincere and Faithful Friend, 



G. CALVERT HOLLAND. 



MANCHESTER June 2, 1820. 



