Excerpt from The Seats and Causes of Diseases Investigated by Anatomy, Vol. 1 of 3: In Five Books, Containing a Great Variety of Dissections, With Remarks; To Which Are Added Very Accurate and Copious Indexes of the Principal Things and Names Therein Contained However, I fhallvefteem myfelf happy, if this tranflation, when in the hands of the learned, (hall be found erroneous in fuch points only as do not materially afif'ect the fentiments of its author. A merit beyond this I neither plead nor attempt. And this I am in Tome meafure embolden'd to hope, by the candid approbation which the work has met with from gentlemen whofe names are amongf'c the moft eminent in phyfic. An approbation of fo much impor tance, as already - to have remov 'd, in fome degree, the fears and tremors of one who is about to be an adventurer in the lottery of publick reputation. Nor will the weight of fuch opinions be doubted, if, befides others whom I might mention, the refpeétable charaéters of thofe gentlemen be confider' (1, who have done me the honourof permitting their names to {land at the head'of thefe volumes. 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.