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SCIENCE AND MEDIEVAL THOUGHT.
London: C. J. CLAY and SONS,
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS WAREHOUSE,
AVE MARIA LANE.
Glasgow: 50, WELLINGTON STREET.
Leipzig: F. A. BROCKHAUS.
New York: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.
Bombay: E. SEYMOUR HALE.
SCIENCE AND MEDIEVAL THOUGHT
THE HARVEIAN ORATION DELIVERED BEFORE
THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS,
OCTOBER 18, 1900,
BY
THOMAS CLIFFORD ALLBUTT, M.A., M.D. Cantab.
Fellow of the College,
Hon. LL.D. Glasgow, Hon. M.D. Dubl., Hon. D.Sc. Vict.,
Hon. F.R.C.P. Dubl., F.R.S.
REGIUS PROFESSOR OF PHYSIC IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE;
FELLOW OF GONVILLE AND CAIUS COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE;
CONSULTING PHYSICIAN TO THE LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY;
PHYSICIAN TO THE ADDENBROOKE’S HOSPITAL, CAMBRIDGE.
LONDON
C. J. CLAY AND SONS
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS WAREHOUSE
AVE MARIA LANE
1901
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“Duo enim sunt modi cognoscendi, scilicet per argumentumet experimentum. Argumentum concludit, et facit nos concluderequæstionem, sed non certificat, neque removet dubitationem, utquiescat animus in intuitu veritatis, nisi eam inveniat via experientiæ.”Roger Bacon, Op. Majus, Venet. 1750, p. 336.
TO
SIR WILLIAM SELBY CHURCH, BART., M.D.
PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON,
THIS ORATION,
DELIVERED AT HIS REQUEST,
IS DEDICATED.
ERRATUM.
p. 78, note 1, l. 19; for “were in orders, for the most part in holyorders;” read “were generally speaking in holy orders;”
PREFACE.
IN the Middle Ages the old world had passed,and the vision of a new world came near tothe eager and passionate hearts of many peoples.Lincoln and Wells, Amiens and Chartres, Florenceand Assisi tell us of the glory of that vision; andbear witness of its flight: for with Gilbert, Galileo,Harvey and Newton the Middle Ages themselvesbecame a phantom, and again the spirit of anew world appeared. Thus in the phases oftime the world dies and is born again; fulfillinggreater destinies. But the new are born in thecold bed of the elder worlds, and the young lifeis chilled, or a lustier offspring turns unnaturallyto curse the dead; so in their decrepitude laythe Middle Ages upon modern li