An essay on the nature and treatment of that state of disorder generally called dropsy / by John G. Whilldin, M.D.

  • Whilldin, John Galloway, 1791-1824.
Date:
1820
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    PREFACE. As I would not venture the following essay before the impartial tribunal of public opinion on its own intrinsic merit, justice to myself re- quires a brief explanation of the circumstances that have led to its publication; and as I profess to give a plain and candid narrative of facts, I shall be pleased to acknowledge any thing that may be hereafter found to be partial or essen- tially imperfect in my statement. Having strictly complied with every prere- quisite, I presented the following essay to the Dean of the Medical Faculty in the University of Pennsylvania, about the 20th of February last, and requested him to enter my name on the list of candidates for the degree of doctor of medicine, and on the 20th of the next succeed- ing month, having been previously notified by him, I appeared before the Faculty, to sustain the customary trial. During my examination the Professor of the Practice of Physic stated to the rest of the Fa- culty, that he had read my thesis, and found my