LECTURE li; .75 



Impressed with the difficulties of the task 

 I have undertaken, of giving lectures in the 

 presence of men of superior knowledge 

 and talents, respecting subjects on which 

 every one has formed his own opinions, 

 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 phaenomena 

 we observe. That an attention to the sym- 

 pathies of parts and organs is necessary to 

 our understanding disorder and disease, I 

 shall hereafter endeavour to show. That 

 Mr. Hunter did observe these sympathies 

 in a manner and to an extent that surprized 

 most professional men, is well known to all 

 those who were present at his lectures on 



