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Excerpt from An Inaugural Dissertation on the Influenza: Submitted to the Public Examination of the Faculty of Physic, Under the Authority of the Trustees of Columbia College, in the State of New-York, William Samuel Johnson, LL. D. President; For the Degree of Doctor of Physic, on the Sixth Day of May, 1794
HE difficulties under which a young man labors, who writes for public infpeetion, are numerous and difcouraging; but the Medical Graduate is furrounded by peculiar difadvantages. Having as yet formed none but undigefted opinions, the refult of a flight, and, at belt, but fuperficial knowledge of medicine; opinions of which a few years increafe of information may perhaps render him afhamed; he is obliged to expofe them to the View of the public, who pof fcfs no other criterion by which to judge of his abilities. Agreeably, however, to the regulations of the Univerfity, I here fubmit to the perufal of my fellow-citizens the hai'ry produc'tion of a very few days; fruiting that, when all circumi'cances are confidered, it will be received with indulgence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
