The American Medical Lexicon, on the Plan of Quincy´s Lexicon Physico-Medicum, With Many Retrenchments, Additions, and Improvements; Comprising an Explanation of the Etymology and Signification of the Terms Used in Anatomy, Physiology, Surgery,
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Excerpt from The American Medical Lexicon, on the Plan of Quincy´s Lexicon Physico-Medicum, With Many Retrenchments, Additions, and Improvements; Comprising an Explanation of the Etymology and Signification of the Terms Used in Anatomy, Physiology, Surgery, Materia Although there are several Medical Dictionaries extant, yet there was a call for a new edition of the Lexicon Physico-Medicum of Dr. Quincy. His work was indeed first published many years ago, and has undergone various editions. And in the mean time, Parr´s Medical Dictionary, Morris´s and Hooper´s Works under a similar title have been offered to the public in England. It might thence be supposed by some, that imported copies of these books would supply the demand within the United States. The Publishers weighed carefully this consideration. They reflected that the large quarto volumes of Parr and Morris, though respectable performances, were too bulky and expensive for the greater part of readers. And on examining the duodecimo production of Hooper, they found, that although it would not be subject to the objection of a high price, yet that it laboured under the disadvantage of being too concise and limited in its objects. In short, it was highly desirable, that a book of definitions and explanations should be offered to medical Gentlemen, which should be cheaper than the two former, and more comprehensive than the latter of these dictionaries. There was no publication extant, which approached so near this character as Quincy´s Lexicon. Without costing the purchaser more than a very moderate price, it offers him a great variety of matter. In this edition many obsolete terms have been left out. There was little use in perpetuating words that were never employed by any writer of note or value in modern times. To retain great numbers of hard and uncouth names, which the present state of knowledge did not warrant or require, would be superfluous and disgusting, as well as perplexing to beginners. In these retrenchments, however, the reader may bo assured, not an article of worth has been omitted. 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.
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