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Excerpt from Edinburgh Medical Journal, 1904, Vol. 16 On New Year's Day in 1805, ten months before the glorious victory of Trafalgar, and ten years before the conclusive triumph of Waterloo, a development, in some respects resembling the foundation of The Edinburgh Review, occurred in the ranks of medicine. Although different medical periodicals had appeared from time to time, both in London and in Edinburgh, there was in the early days of last century no recognised medium of medical information. As we learn from the Memorial of Archibald Constable,1 preparations had been made during the year 1804, for the publication in Edinburgh of a medical journal. It is clear that the initiative was taken by the younger Andrew Duncan, and certainly the chief burden of the enterprise was borne by him. Under his editorship the first number of The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal appeared as a quarterly magazine in January 1805. The advertisement sets forth the intention of the founders, and is characterised by tolerant views and catholic aims. To these the Journal remained faithful during the half century of its independent existence, and it contained contributions by celebrated men from every civilised country. Duncan was succeeded in the editorial chair by Robert Christison, in association with David Craigie, as is shown in the life of Sir Robert by his sons.2 It was in 1827 that this change of editors took place, and for some years thereafter Christison remained in association with Craigie. After his resignation the latter remained sole editor until 1855. 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.