The Life and Works of John Arbuthnot, M.D., Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Life and Works of John Arbuthnot, M.D., Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians All who are interested in the literary and social history of the eighteenth century are to some extent familiar with the name and character of Doctor Arbuthnot; but, generally speaking, knowledge of him is confined to what may be gathered from the correspondence of his friends, Pope and Swift. The letters Arbuthnot sent to and received from those friends must always remain the chief source of information, but there are many other quarters from which further details can be gathered. Writers have, however, followed each other in producing Life after Life of Pope and Swift, and edition after edition of their Works, while no one has made any serious attempt to do a similar service for Arbuthnot, though he was equal to any of his contemporaries in wit and learning, and was possessed of a character which was more loveable than that of any of his better-known acquaintances. In the present volume an effort has been made to do tardy justice to the reputation of a good and clever man. The story of Arbuthnot´s life is here told with such fulness as the materials at our disposal permit of, and considerable additions have been made to what was previously known. The question of his literary work is surrounded with difficulties, for he generally published anonymously, and took no trouble to secure fame through his writings. 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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