Excerpt from The Medical Pilot: Or New System Union. What folly to argue that the art of healing more than any other art, should be kept a profound secret. As well might the Encyclopedia be prohibited to our children perchance some fine lad might happen to read attentively Of the utility and wonderful ingenuity of the steam engine, and pursuing his studies become an Engineer, and then run the risk of getting scalded What pre posterons nonsense! And is it not equal folly to keep the other wise educated, entirely in the dark as to the nature of the human system, the diseases consequent upon our common nature, and their simple remedies, for simple they must be, which if applied in time, assists nature to throw off disease, and resuscitate the injured fabric. Will not a knowledge of the subject rather induce a sick man to ask for immediate assistance, while igriorance so often in duces a postponement until too late to retrieve the broken frame. Away then with all mystery 1 let truth appear in intelligible lan guage, let he who runs read and understand. 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.