An essay on respiration. Pts I-II / By John Bostock, M.D.

  • Bostock, John, 1773-1846.
Date:
1804
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    Ail chemifiry publithed ba the (asia ‘gentleman. I have demonftrated my idea. of the ability of this author by the frequent. reference which I have made to his writings ; but the: nature of the works reftricted him within very confined dimits. It was not without a degree of furprife and. re- gret, that I perufed the account of refpiration, i in the fyftem of phyfiology which is compiled for _ the ufe of the firft medical {chool now in exif- tence, a new edition of which was publifhed in the year 1791, under the immediate direction of a gentleman of talents and information, and un- der the patronage of a Univerfity, which ranked among its profeffors the names of Monhro, Black, and Rutherford. The letures on the animal ceconomy, which were delivered at Edinburgh by Mr, Allen, were indeed of fuch a nature as to fupply every deficiency ; it is much to be la- mented that they are now difcontinued, and {tll more, that there is no profped of their publica- tion; had that been the cafe, the following pages would have been entirely fuperceded. Every one who is acquainted with the nature of phyfiological experiments upon the living body, may eafily imagine, that as I advanced in my propofed plan, many unforefeen difficulties occurred, and many new fubjeds of inquiry pre- fented