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2 been deeply rooted for centuries. Who will taWre upoi
3 himself the responsibility of a chung* affecting the exist¬
4 ence and welfare of myriads of human beings;* Accurately
5 expressed, my System can scarcely be called e. new one ;
6 it is. more properly, a medium between two extremes;
7 a system grounded on experiments, which 1 advisedly
8 adopted, and which success impelled me to pursue.
9 1 am persuaded, that tiny one who may be guided
10 by tint instructions t now give, and who may follow
11 a like course, cannot fail to obtain similarly happy
12 results.’
13 Notwithstanding I spared no pains, enciured much
14 fatigue, and deemed not any sacrifice too gi’at, par¬
15 ticular] v during the last ten years' l abode at Lahore,
16 to accomplish my object, 1 aru far from supposing the
17 subject '.o be exhausted. On the contrary, 1 feel, that
18 though much has been done, much remains still to be
19 done; and I trust that others may assist in bringing the
20 work which T'Tiave commenced, to that degree of per-
21 feetion, of which I am convinced it is susceptible.
22 It, is impossible to entertain any high opinion of 'he
23 healing-art of the Mahomedan doctors, derived from the
24 ancient Greeks and Egyptians (Thababet-junany of the
25 Hakims) or, of that of the Hindoos ; for, they have
26 made but little progress beyond that defective; medi¬
27 cal science which is found in their old manuscripts.
28 Their directions for the treatment of patients, conK •
29 little else than extravagances and superstitions — to
30 which the Hindoos, whose system is the most ancient,
31 add astrology. As their religion stands in tin way of
32 every attempt at improvement, there is but little hope
33 that they will ever make much progress in medicine, or,
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