MEDICAL NOTES AND REFLECTIONS. BY HENRY HOLLAND, M.D. F.R.S. &c. FELLOW OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, AND Φαίνεται ούτε πέρας, ούτε τελευτην εχων· ὅτι προ τε της αρχής, - LONDON: PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, ORME, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS, PATERNOSTER-ROW. PREFACE. THE title of this volume is chosen as being that which most nearly expresses its contents. Though appearing now as detached papers, they are founded chiefly upon notes made in the course of twenty years of medical practice in London. During nearly the whole of this time, I have been accustomed to preserve notices, not merely of particular cases, but also of such general reflections as were suggested to me by actual observation. At the expiration of the period named, I have thought it well to look back upon these various memoranda; to give something of more definite form to those which seemed worth preserving; and to compare the whole, as well with my own present impressions, as with the actual state of knowledge on the several subjects in question. This volume is the result of a revision and selection so made. But as its form, though sanctioned by precedents of high value, is not altogether common, |