Author: William Gibson

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-08-15

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 9781390988055

Excerpt from Lecture, Introductory to a Course on the Principles and Practice of Surgery, in the University of Pennsylvania, Delivered November 1, 1841 I am Teacher of the Principles and Practice of Surgery in the University of Pennsylvania. I am, as it were, one of your constituents, placed here to administer to the wants and wishes of the people I represent, whom I am bound to serve faithfully and honestly, to the best of my abilities, and to whom I am, in a measure, responsible for any dere liction of duty - so long as I continue in office. You havea right, therefore, to demand, according to usage established from time immemorial, in our great and favoured land, what those principles and practice are, and how I propose to carry out what I am pledged to execute. You have a right to enquire and to know who I am, and what I have done to entitle me to the high prerogative of being your represen tative, and if not satisfied with the doctrines I inculcate, and the claims I shall endeavour to substantiate, have the privi legs of supporting some other candidate better calculated to secure your rights and immunities. 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.