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and does not rely upon the mere unsupported opinion of any one man, however great his genius.
Those who would accuse us of exaggeration will accuse us of extreme moderation if they will but consult the recognized authorities, from the first fathers of medicine to the most eminent scientists of our present time, and which, for the benefit of Physicians and those who desire further research, we give herewith in addition to those given throughout the book, sufficient references to standard works as will open up to them a field of study unlimited and without bounds:
Hippocrates (De Morbis, lib. ii, c. 49); Areteus (De Sign's et caus. dius. morb. lib. ii, c. 6); Lomnius (Comment de Sanit, tuend, p. m., 37); Boerhaave (Instit., p. 776); Hoffman (Consult); Ludwig (Instit. physiol.); Kloekh of (De Morb. anim. ab. infir. med. cereb.); Levis (A Practical Essay upon Tabes Dorsalis); M. Legoure (Histoire Morale des Femmes); Harbinger (On Health); Ellis (Psychology of Sex, ii); C. K. Mills (American Text Book, Diseases of Children); Garrigues (American Text Book); Palmer (American Text Book of Obs., '95); Lusk (Management of Preg'y.); Hirst (American Sys. Obs., '89); Galabin (Manual M'dw'f'y., '86); Gardin (Cyclopedia Obs. and Gym., '89); Sexual Hygiene (Clinic Pub. Co.); Brown on Divorce, Manual of Legal Medicine (Herold).
Above all, let it be remembered that we have not written to please. Had such been the ambition, the Author would have selected a widely different class of subjects. We have written to instruct, and we assure our readers that to heed our instructions is their only route to happiness. What greater service could we hope to render our fellow-creatures, than to declare to them the revelations of science
