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CONCLUSION, 



In concluding this paper, I hope it will not be 

 deemed disrespectful, if to prevent future mistakes, 

 I should take this opportunity of declaring expli- 

 citly my own sentiments respecting the result and 

 success of these investigations. 



*' Having discovered the laws of febrile pa- 

 " roxifsms, and having marked their course and 

 " periods in a manner that was never explained or 

 " done before, I conceive that I have been able to 

 *' unfold a history and theory of fevers entirely 

 **new; consistent with itself in every part, and 

 " v/ith the other appearances of nature ; perfectly 

 *' conformable to the laws discovered by the im- 

 *' mortal Newton ; and capable of producing impor- 

 " tant improvements in medicine and meteorology." 



Should these pretensions prove groundless and 

 visionary, having submitted them to this Society, 

 I shall at least obtain the credit of havino- souo-ht 

 investigation. If they be fair and just, the harm- 

 less vanity of proclaiming them will not obliterate 

 all their merit. 



EXPLANATION OF THE TABLES. 



Of all the phenomena that occur in the contem- 

 plation of animal nature, it will be readily acknow- 

 ledged, that tht paro.vysms of fivers are the most in- 

 teresting to mankind. The history of every age 

 declares the dreadful desolations they have made 

 in every country; and by far the greatest portion 

 of the human race continues to be swept away by 

 this terrible disease. 



