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5 Subject, foreign to, or unconnected with, its Objects, can,properly, be introduced in this Theatre.

Accordingly as a Person is swayed, from whatever Cause, in Favour of any Mode of Government, Occasions are taken to impress the Minds of others with a Belief, that the Form preferred is the best for the Promotion of the Arts, and Sciences: and thus the Healing Art has been presented, combined with other Distinctions of Knowledge, in Exaltation of Republican Establishments.

But unbiassed Reflection on the associated Circumstances of Discoveries, and Improve- ments, in Anatomy, and Surgery, through a long Series of Ages, would incline the Mind to Conclusions, very different from some which have been drawn from uncertain Premises.

The Fabric of Brain; the innate Disposition of Mind; and the corporeal Aptitudes; of Men; �