Download or read book Introductory Lecture Delivered Before the Medical Class in Castleton Medical College at the Opening of the Fall Session 1842 Classic Reprint written by David M. Reese and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-15 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Introductory Lecture Delivered Before the Medical Class in Castleton Medical College, at the Opening of the Fall Session, 1842 To prepare you to think correctly, and thus theorize for yourselves, it will be necessary to review the ancient and modern doctrines of general and special medicine, including the theories which have successively had their day among medical philosophers. These with the facts by which they were attempted to be sustained by their authors and adherents, will constitute the ground-work of the pres ent course. In this brief and cursory view of the past, which is all that our time will permit, you will find that much, very much which is true in medicine is as old as Hippocrates, many of his theories having been based upon observation and experience, and being there fore of necessity immutable. His errors were few and inconsidera ble, even as discoverable in the advanced state of our knowledge at this day, notwithstanding the disadvantages under which he pur sued his researches, ia ignorance of human structure, except so far as it could be revealed to him by the dissection of inferior animals. Under these circumstances we are constrained at this day to marvel, not at his errors, but that he could, by possibility, have acquired the knowledge, of which his writings give evidence. All modern physicians at the present day regard Anatomy, healthy and morbid, as constituting the elements of all the accuracy to which we can attain in medicine, and their theories are constructed by studying symptoms in reference to such anatomy, and by testing the powers of remedies by experience. It is upon facts such as these, that our science is now made rigidly one of induction. Simi lar facts have been accumulating for centuries, and as they are tan gible in their character, and susceptible of demonstration by every inquirer for himself, the constancy of their recurrence in the hands and under the eye of every observer, affords a protection against any considerable error or fallacy. 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.
Download or read book Introductory Lecture Delivered in the Castleton Medical College March 8 1842 Classic Reprint written by James Mcclintock and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-27 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Introductory Lecture Delivered in the Castleton Medical College, March 8, 1842 The Art of Healing is of ancient date. From the earliest ages men have sought to alleviate the pain of disease, and to ward off the stroke of death. In primitive times, rude as the art was, it assumed so high a dignity as to be associated with re ligion; the Priests were the first Physicians. And although a tolerablv rational system of practice was created by Hippocrates two thousand years ago, it is certain that up to a comparatively late period, even among civilized nations, to possess skill in the use of remedies was to secure the reputation, whether for good or evil, of mastering inexplicable powers, or of communing with the mysterious beings of another world. The Science of Medi cine is of later growth. The great Greek whom I have named, did, it is true, establish the fundamental principle of making ob servation the only rule in the treatment of disease; and since his time, in the course of centuries, there have been, as in all other branches of human knowledge, great men who have observed closely, thought profoundly, and by single discoveries assisted in preparing the way forthe true developement of the Science; but it is only within a very limited period, that the Newtonian prin ciple of arguing from phenomena without feigning hypotheses has been applied to this most important department of Science. Unfortunately for us, says Dr. Gedman, the perfection of' our Science is neither in proportion to its age nor to the revolu tions it has undergone. Yet this liability to change, both in doc trines and practice, is rapidly diminishing, as the diffusion of knowledge is promoted and extended by a more correct study of Nature. The charge of being a conjectural Art, must, at no dis tant period cease to be applicable, and the resources of our Sci ence know neither limit or circumscription, if all who engage in its cultivation be properly zealous in their exertions and true to the trusts they assume. There are at this day, Gentlemen, in our profession, many men who are thus true to the high trusts which they assumed on entering it. Through their labors the stock of medical truths is dai increasing, and that, too, by the application of the only legitimate mode of enlarging the bounda ries of our Science, an extensive induction of facts, the results of patient observation. And I have made these remarks, in or der to impress upon your minds, now, on the threshold of your studies, that the very basis of your Medical Education, is to be laid in the doctrine that our Science is an assemblage offacts as certained by observation. These may be combined into systems, or, for the sake of clearness and method, - generalized under some form of theory, but all speculation beyond these limits is less than nothing and vanity. Men may theorise elsewhere, but here they must not; the day for Medical hypotheses is over, The reproach of uncertainty has been deserved long enough. 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.
Download or read book Introductory Lecture Delivered in the Castleton Medical College on the 10th April 1843 Classic Reprint written by James Mcclintock and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-15 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Introductory Lecture, Delivered in the Castleton Medical College, on the 10th April, 1843 It would be both interesting and instructive to examine each of these departments, and show their intimate con nection and mutual dependence; but as such an investiga tion would far transcend the limits of the present discourse, I shall confine myself to those which will be the partien lar subjects of our study during the ensuing course of lec tures here: namely, Anatomy and Operative Surgery. To a brief notice of these branches of science, and of the manner in which I shall try to teach them, the remainder of this address will be devoted. 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.
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Download or read book Introductory Lecture Delivered at the Opening of the Albany Medical College in the Anatomical Theatre January 2 1839 Classic Reprint written by David Meredith Reese and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-27 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Introductory Lecture Delivered at the Opening of the Albany Medical College, in the Anatomical Theatre, January 2, 1839 Contemplating this brief summary, which is but a feint and imperfect outline of the collateral departments im mediately connected with the duties of our profession, we cannot fail to be impressed with the elevated and profound qualifications it demands; nor can we suppress an involuntary shudder at the hardihood of the illiterate empiric, who ventures upon the high responsibilities of the divine art of healing, without preliminary, and even without thorough education. Indeed it is not the least among the wonders of the age, that intelligent and eu lightened men Will commit their own persons, their wives and little ones, their stomachs, lungs and brains, to the terrific experiments of quackery, until they become the self-immolated victims of these murderers of the human race. 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.
Download or read book Introductory Lecture Delivered in the Medical College of Georgia at the Opening of the Annual Session November 6th 1848 Classic Reprint written by Joseph Adams Eve and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-04 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Introductory Lecture, Delivered in the Medical College of Georgia, at the Opening of the Annual Session, November 6th, 1848 While in Philadelphia; we were informed, that a; student who had been rejected in the University obtained a diploma, a fortnight after in that city. In no other city does the same corruption, do the same enormous abuses exist. It is certainly more incumbent on the physicians of Philadelphia than all others to be active and energetic in the work of re formation. 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.
Download or read book Introductory Lecture written by Henry J. Bigelow and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Introductory Lecture: Delivered at the Massachusetts Medical College, November 6th, 1849 Gentlemen of the Medical Class: - We are assembled in obedience to a healthy custom. It is well that those who are interested in this institution, should meet together once in the year, to testify their good will to it, and to indicate by their presence that they feel an interest in its prosperity. We recognize here the guardians of the University; the flourishing condition of which is ample evidence of the fidelity and wisdom of their administration. Here are those who, at no remote period, were actively engaged in teaching the lessons of our art; indelibly associated with a pleasant period of our lives, and bound to many of us by claims to more than our regard. Some who look back as if it were yesterday to the time when like yourselves they stood at the threshold of our profession; when they imbibed at this fountain the early teachings of our science; come here to be reminded by each recurring year, of the lengthening interval which separates them from a period which never can return, and to awaken its memories. Winter nas assembled you from various distances and with various motives; animated by curiosity or impelled by duty; determined to accomplish an end, or yielding to a customary routine; but all imbued with a good and friendly spirit, and ready to unite with the well-wishers of our institution, to promote its best interests. Occupying b relation to you, gentlemen, new to myself, and of the honor of which I am deeply sensible, there may be a propriety in devoting an hour, usually allotted to considerations of a general character, to an exposition of some of the principal topics suggested by this relation; and it is my intention, with your permission, briefly to review our subject m its connections with science, and with the community. The Institutes of Surgery are its settled principles; and if we consider the character of the phenomena which are presented to us in the study of this science, and reflect how unappreciable are the agencies which constitute disease, we have good reason to be satisfied that there is any thing in a successive generalization so remote as to be called a principle, or so unequivocal in its character as to be considered settled, in our science. 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.
Download or read book An Introductory Lecture written by Robley Dunglison and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-08-12 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from An Introductory Lecture: Delivered to the Class of Institutes of Medicine, in Jefferson Medical College, October 19th, 1848 Although habituated, for a long series of years, to meet a class of medical students, such an occasion as this never fails to produce ln me mixed emotions. Nor do I envy the teacher who can enter unmoved upon such arduous and responsible duties as devolve upon me here. Did not the generous greet ings of young, warm-hearted disciples agitate him - whilst they at the same time encourage him to put forth all his efforts in their behalf, that he may enable them to fulfil the elevated pur poses for Which they left the paternal roof. 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.
Download or read book Introductory Lecture Delivered Nov 8 1860 Before the Ladies Medical Academy at the Opening of the Second Term Classic Reprint written by Sarah W. Salisbury and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-09-26 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Introductory Lecture, Delivered Nov. 8, 1860, Before the Ladies' Medical Academy, at the Opening of the Second Term Nothing but the interest I feel in the cause of the Medical Education of Women, and a desire to do all I can to promote it, would induce me thus publicly to address you. I need not tell you that the presence of so many friends cheers and encourages us; it seems to tell us that many hearts beat in unison in a good cause. But while we bid you welcome, we regret our inability to entertain you as we could wish. We feel confident, however, that you are friends, and will be ready to throw the mantle of charity over all defects. The occasion which has called us together is necessarily one of interest to those about to attend the present course of lec tures; and I think there is much to render it so to all. Though only a few of the audience are students of medicine, yet all should feel an interest in a subject which so intimately concerns them as their own health. No unworthy motives have called us together. We meet here simply to welcome a class of stu dents to a course of medical study; and to call the attention of women to the claims the world has upon them as the mothers and educators of our race, that they may be prepared to meet those claims and to faithfully discharge the duties which in the order of Providence may devolve upon them. 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.
Download or read book An Introductory Lecture on the Treatment of Disease written by Jacob Bigelow and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-09-24 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from An Introductory Lecture on the Treatment of Disease: Delivered Before the Medical Class at the Massachusetts Medical College, in Boston, November 3, 1852 It would at first seem that the exact sciences were those most worthy the cultivation of intelligent minds, inasmuch as they lead to satisfactory, and therefore to gratifying results; and because, in their more elevated departments, they involve and require some of the highest reaches of the human intellect. But in the opinions of mankind, as evinced by their practice, the opposite judgment prevails, and probably nine-tenths of the labor of educated and intellectual men, are employed on studies which are, in their nature, un certain and conjectural. The cause of this great ascendancy in the attention given to the inexact sciences, is to be found in the vast and paramount importance of their subjects, and also in the difficulty of consummating their great ends. It is much more important to mankind to know how to avoid anarchy and crime, war, famine, poverty and pestilence, than it is to know that the planet Saturn has a ring, or that a lily has six stamens, that light can be polarized, or that potass can be decomposed. Yet while the latter propositions are susceptible of absolute demonstration, the former processes, which bear directly on human happiness or misery, are fre quently removed beyond our foresight or control. The wisest men often fail to influence the destinies of states, families, and individuals, and the shrewdest calculators are baffled in regard to a coming crop, apecuniary crisis, a glut in the commercial market, or a change in the public morals. Nevertheless, the wise man conscious of superior talent, and the phi lanthropist desirous of the public weal, and even the interested man who looks to his personal advantage and progress, must give themselves and their energies to studies which involve the immediate wants of their fellow-men, even though their best directed efforts should fail of the desired results. And the simple reason is, that if the best qualified minds decline to undertake this task, it will most assuredly be assumed by the ignorant and presumptuous. 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.
Download or read book Introductory Lecture Delivered at the Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia Classic Reprint written by John Coleman Morgan and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-15 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Introductory Lecture, Delivered at the Hahnemann Medical College, of Philadelphia The Arab school made no progress in anatomy and physiology, - rather retrograding. Medicine and surgery found their way gradually into the monasteries of Christendom, and each cathedral had its hospital and botanical garden. Both Mohammedan and Christian hospitals were sustained by the offerings of the wealthy, who sought thus to expiate their crimes. Before the end of the twelfth century, the profession of medicine and the church had become one, so far as Christendom was concerned. But now they were divorced by the council of Montpellier. The ascendancy of ecclesias tical influence was, however, in no wise relaxed - and medical practitioners were little else than another order of priests. The popes founded universities upon the pre-existing episcopal schools, and the majority of the present European Universities had such an origin. 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.
Download or read book An Introductory Lecture Delivered in the Medical College of Ohio written by M. B. Wright and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-05 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from An Introductory Lecture, Delivered in the Medical College of Ohio: Session 1860-1 It has been an established custom for the Dean, or some other member of the Faculty, at the commencement of a course of medical lectures, to address the class upon any subject which might seem appropriate to the occasion. I endeavored to convince my colleagues that an address from some one of them would be more acceptable than from my self; but, they would neither acknowledge the force of my arguments, nor lay aside their native modesty. I do not propose to discuss any branch or special subject in medicine. But, as some of us will be associated during the four long months that are before us, it may not be nu profitable to consider for a short time our individual and rel ative duties. The professor and the student have both a laborious task before them, requiring not only the constant exercise of their reasoning faculties, but a pleasurable state of feeling and-an unfaltering will. To stop by the way side and talk with the adventurer about the land of gold, and count the many miles that may intervene, will prove to be an ineffectual way to se cure its treasures. The student in pursuit of knowledge is in a similar situation. He has a thousand obstacles to over come, requiring industry, patience, and a resolute purpose. It is a common remark, that while the physician is dis charging his duty, he is engaged ih a conflict with death. Such a claim in behalf of the profession we should esteem the height of presumption. When that grim messenger comes. 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.
Download or read book General Introductory Lecture written by Thaddeus A. Reamy and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-09-23 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from General Introductory Lecture: Delivered in the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery, on Tuesday Evening, November 1st, 1859 Eden has, through their influence, been very materially modified in its effects, upon the mother's Of our race. 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.
Download or read book Introductory Lecture Delivered in the Philadelphia College of Medicine written by Rush van Dyke and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-03 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Introductory Lecture, Delivered in the Philadelphia College of Medicine: On Thursday Evening, November 2, 1848 As you make your curriculum of attendance you will observe that one portion of the topics which will be thus presented is theoretical, the other practical: the one furnishing you the basis of your knowledge, the other affording you a view of the opinions prevailing in the profession in relation to the most appropriate means of attaining the objects of the practitioner of the healing art. In the practical departments you will, as you advance, observe that the surgeon and obstetrician, pari passu, as they discover to you the various circumstances under which the great enemy of our common humanity, death, will offer himself for combat with your skill in their departments of the art, will place in your hands the weapons and appliances with which you should be provided for the encounter, and explain to you their uses; while in the practical department proper of medicine, which teaches the doctrine of the management of diseases that do not require manual or instrumental inter ference - so voluminous are the accumulations of centuries of observation and experience, that a subdivision of labor, hath, from time to which the memory of man reacheth not, been found necessary. 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.
Download or read book Modern Medicine written by Jacob Mendes Da Costa and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-24 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Modern Medicine: A Lecture; Delivered October 7th, 1872; Introductory to the Course at the Jefferson Medical College IT is with feelings of a very curious character that I look up at the bright young faces before me. It is not so very long, and it seems a still shorter time, since I sat where you now sit, had the same feelings of curiosity to hear and of anxiety to learn as you now have, the same enthusiasm and wonder of a beginner 'at a science of which he knows not even the alphabet. It requires but little imagination for it seems so vivid as to be almost real - to see this door open and one by one the members of the Faculty, from whom we were to Obtain instruction, enter. Heading them is the dignified, scholarly Dunglison, then steps the calm, judicious Huston, rounds of applause greet the popular, elegant Miit ter, the upright, high-minded Bache, the handsome and talented Mitchell, the enthusiastic and gifted Meigs, and one who is still among us, the only one left of that brilliant band, - let him pardon the old pupil rather than the colleague in thus alluding to him, - our skilled anatomist and surgical artist, Pan coast. 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.
Download or read book An Introductory Lecture Delivered in the College of Physicians and Surgeons written by David Hosack and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-15 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from An Introductory Lecture, Delivered in the College of Physicians and Surgeons: At the Opening of the Winter Session, on the 7th of November, 1825 The numerous and varied character Of the diseases of a city containing nearly in habitants, cannot fail to furnish abundant sources of instruction to the medical student. 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.
Download or read book An Introductory Lecture Delivered in the Medical College of South Carolina in November 1835 Classic Reprint written by Thomas Young Simons and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-05 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from An Introductory Lecture, Delivered in the Medical College of South-Carolina, in November 1835 What has been more abused or mal-administered in some instances, than the principles of law and equity? Do not statesmen, who should regulate governments in the principles of virtue and honor, frequently violate their solemn duties? And has not the sacred temple of God been profaned by ignorance and vice? Yet would we say that all law, all government, all religion, is undeserving of con fidence because some men, either from incapacity or wickedness, do not put fully into practice the immutable principles of equity or the eternal truths of religion? It is true there have been some men, in all ages, who have been dignified with the character of philoso phots, who have thrown the shafts of ridicule and proclaimed their anathemas against religion. Because, under the garb of sanctity, some have polluted the temple of the Most High - and in like manner, the Medical profession has been satirized by the poet, and sneered at by the cynic - because of the ignorance and folly of some of its mem bers. Indeed, when we reflect upon the conflicting doctrines which have been advanced in Medicine, when we reflect upon the con tlanal efforts which are made by Medical men to bring themselves into notice and reputation, by decrying their competitors, and how many pursue the profession, who either by their attainments or pow er of observation or acumen, are unable to apply properly its principles, we have reason rather to wonder at the respect which is still paid to the dicta of Physicians than that there should be at times little or no distinction made by some portions of a community be tween the regularly educated physician and the empirical pretender. Empiricism has prevailed in every country andin every age. In all professions, nay, in every pursuit of life, we find some men preferring the paths of treachery, cunning, and imposture, to that of honesty, intelligence and virtue; and among the vacillating, weak, and credulous, how many are entangled in its snares - awhile others, afflicted with incurable diseases, hope still fluttering in their bosoms, hke the weary and benighted traveller pursue any false light which may be presented to them - the hapless victims of its fatal promises Our profession has, however, no more to complain of than the pursuits of other men. Whenever the physician is thoroughly acquainted with the principles of his profession, he has nothing to fear, for knowledge, associated with virtue and honor, is a panoply, capable of resisting the shafts of envy, or the intrigues of designing men. 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.
