A practical inquiry into disordered respiration, distinguishing the species of convulsive asthma, their causes and indications of cure / by Robert Bree.

  • Bree, Robert, 1759-1839.
Date:
1807
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Credit: A practical inquiry into disordered respiration, distinguishing the species of convulsive asthma, their causes and indications of cure / by Robert Bree. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    iNTRODliCtlO^f. I must, however, disclaim th^ ihtentiofi. of depreciating the high reputation which is due to the memory of Professor Cullen. I confine my objections to his theory on Asthma ; nor do I offer them with satisfac- tion. I respect and value his labours, which have been so conducive to the interest of medicine. Were his successor to deliver a doctrine, that I had found questionable and productive of uncertainty or inconve- nience in practice, I should not hesitate to give an opinion, opposing its influence. But for Dr. Gregory, I have a friend's regard, united to a pupil's gratitude, and respect matured by long reflection on his talents. A contest, with a view to per}:>e- tuate posthumous fame in every particular of an extensive system, is more than the late Professor ever meditated upon: and it will be an arduous task to maintain it. Rational Practitioners, says a liberal and judicious * writer, disdain to rank themselves as iniplicit followers of any dogmatist, how- ever celebratedyet others more captious would, preclude the questioning ‘of tenets they had themselves received ; or the ex-