D.S.P.D.
Published from the Last MANUSCRIPT Copy, Corrected and Enlarged by the Author's OWN HAND.
LONDON: Printed for A.MILLAR, in the Strand: MDCCLVIII.
_ADVERTISEMENT_ _PREFIXED TO THE EDITION OF_ 1758.[1] [Footnote 1: This advertisement was written by the editor, Dr.Charles Lucas of Dublin.

This Lucas was the patriot who created such a stir in Irish politics between the years 1743 and 1750.

Lord Townshend, in a letter to the Marquis of Granby, called him "the Wilkes of Ireland." As an author he seems to have been very prolific, though of no polish in his writings.

Lucas's disclaimers of sympathy with the opinions contained in the work he edited are somewhat over-stated, and his criticisms are petty.

A full account of this hot-headed physician may be found in the Dictionary of National Biography.