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On this consideration I shall not now dwell further. Every one must feel it to be a vast and important one, affecting the well-being of the whole human race.

All I am now aiming at, is to show that many, if not all, such cases may be cured. If this is done, I shall indeed be able to say that I am amply repaid.

I have the gratification of being able to name the following gentlemen who have been led to adopt my views and treatment in proper cases:—Sir James Simpson; Dr. Beattie, of Dublin; Sir John Fife and Dr. Dawson, of Newcastle-on-Tyne; Dr. Duke, late of Chichester; Dr. Shettle, of Shaftesbury; John Harrison, Esq., of Chester; Drs. Savage, Routh, and Rogers, in London; my eldest son, Mr. Boyer Brown, now practising in New South Wales; with my colleagues in the “London Surgical Home,” Dr. Barratt, and Messrs. Harper, Chambers, I. B. Brown, junior, and Bantock, and very many others.