Excerpt from An Introductory Lecture, Delivered in the Anatomical Theatre, of the University of Maryland, on the 1st November, 1836 Resolved, That we regard with pleasure, the recent appointment of Dr. R. E. Griffith to the chair of Materia Medica in the University. 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.
Excerpt from Introductory Lecture to a Course on Anatomy: Delivered in Cincinnati, Nov. 9th, 1846 A? A meeting of the Students, comprising Dr. J. P. Junxrss' private class in Descriptive and Surrzical Anatomy. Held on Monday. Nov. 9th, 1846, G. R. Hunt was called to the chair, and L. W Clark appointed secretary. 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.
Excerpt from An Introductory Lecture, Delivered to the Medical Class of the University of Virginia: At the Commencement of the Course on Anatomy, Physiology, and Surgery Gentlemen, - The department which has been assigned to me, embraces three of the most interesting branches of htiman knowledge, and Opens an extensive field for the operation of the most active and vigorous intellect. 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.
Excerpt from Introductory Lecture to the Course of Anatomy and Physiology, in Rutgers Medical College, New-York: Delivered, November 11, 1826 On the present occasion, we shall content our selves with laying before you a general sketch of the rise, progress, decline, and decay of the human body, preparatory to some considerations relative to the practical study of our subject, which we are solicitous to urge upon the atten tion of society at large. We shall then conclude by especially addressing those who are to be the immediate objects of our care. 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.
Excerpt from An Introductory Lecture Delivered in the Philadelphia School of Anatomy: October 17th, 1859 It required many thousands of years for the inventive faculty of man to exchange the sickle, which at each circling sweep felled but a hand-grasp, for the gigantic reaper before whose thundering march the nodding grain is levelled as by a tornado's breath. It was by slow and almost imperceptible degrees, although its me tallic relations had long been known, that the fire of heaven was trained to fly to the remote bounds of the earth and articulate the thoughts of men. It was a long and arduous task, although mankind was familiar with both the elasticity of aqueous vapor and the philosophy of the lever, before they were SO combined and utilized as to navigate our rivers, traverse the ocean, impel the loom, rush like comets over our iron ways, dragging in a single train a colony, or an army, larger than those which Phoe nicia planted, or by which Cortes conquered, ploughing the earth, draining our mines, wielding the press, blowing the flames of the furnace, or drowning out the fires which consume a city. It was a period of considerable duration which marked the interval when men embodied their crude religious conceptions in images of wood and stone, and those superb triumphs of genius which adorn the depositories of Roman and Florentine art. And so we might continue to gather illustrations from every field of science or art, all conspiring to Show that true knowledge, though Simple in itself, is reached with difficulty, from the imperfection of the instruments with which we operate. 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.
Excerpt from Introductory Lecture to the Winter Course of Anatomy, in the Philadelphia School of Anatomy, Delivered on Monday Evening: November 2d, 1840 Medicine implies an acquaintance with Anatomy; Physiology or the science of life; Pathology, or the investigation of the effects of disease upon the body; Surgery, at once a science and an art; Obstetrics, that most delicate branch of our profession, m which the life of both mother and offspring are often jeoparded by unforseen accidents; and I am sorry to say, 1n many instances by the culpable 1gnorance of the practitioner. Materia Medica, or a knowledge of the various medicinal substances, animal, vegetable and mineral, with their natural charac ters and properties, as well as their application to practice; and Che mistry, which, by unfolding the laws of the combinations of matter, as far as those laws are discovered, not only throws light upon the nature of remedial agents, but also developes many principles and powers of the earth on which we dwell, and the atmosphe1e which we breathe, whose influence on the body of man, whether 1n health or disease, 1s almost incalculable. Over this wide field the student must not travel hastily, but with the careful, untiring diligence of an explorer; and with every one of these branches of knowledge he must obtain at least a tolerable acquaintance, bef01e he can hon01ably ofier himself to his fellow-men as qualified to take the charge of their health and their lives. But it has never been supposed that all of these branches are equally useful or important to the physician, or that the same degree of attention is due to each of them from the student; and it is very certain that. Some of them may be mastered with far less expenditure of toil and study than others. If any one of them deserves to be called more important than all the others, it is Anatomy and without doubt, this department is more strictly and properly a science; more in teresting in itself and in its relative bearing upon other branches of knowledge; more fully calculated to train and discipline the mind of the student to quick perception and acute observation; and in a word, more completely essential to the formation of those habits of thought, and that character of close and studious investigation, which are so invaluable to the medical practitioner, than any of them. Anatomy is the basis of the pyramid of medicine, - and according to the strength and extent with which this only sure foundation is laid, will be the firmness and durability of the superstructuie He that erects the fabric of a medical practice upon any other basis, builds his house upon the sands, and although the arts of a bold and shameless empiricism may gain him a temporary reputation; although he may succeed for a time, by practising upon the natural credulity of his fellows, yet the imposture will one day prove his ruin; for when the rains descend, and the winds blow, and the floods come, his baseless fabric must fall, and great will be the fall thereof. 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.
Excerpt from Lecture Introductory to the Course of General Anatomy: Delivered in the University of London, on Wednesday, October 6, 1830 It is not my intention in this introductory lesson to dis cuss the objects and utility of Anatomy; they have been considered and explained to you already by my colleague, Mr. Pattison. I shall, therefore, occupy your attention to-day by a few general observations upon some points more particularly connected with my division of the course. 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.
