Excerpt from Observations on the Surgery of the Ancients, Vindicating Their Claims to Many of the Reputed Discoveries and Improvements of Modern Times: Delivered at an Introductory Discourse to a Course of Lectures on Surgery and Midwifery To those in pursuit of knowledge, it is no' less interesting to observe the rise and fall of the empire of learning than of states. In like manner, introductory to a course of lessons upon any art or science, we are naturally led to inquire into the first beginning or source whence it arose, and to trace its progress as it advances to perfection. 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.