Author: William Darrach

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-03

Total Pages: 20

ISBN-13: 9780666645418

Excerpt from Lecture Introductory to the Course of Theory and Practice of Medicine in the Medical Department of Pennsylvania College, Philadelphia: For the Session 1844-45 Gentlemen! You have come prepared to receive medical instruction. - Will you receive it from us i - Shall we have the honour and pleasure of becoming your teachers - Another question of more importance - What inducements can we, ought we, to offer you? There are other teachers - those not only in the other schools of Philadelphia, and of Baltimore, and New York; but those also in the schools of the farther north and south; and of the far West, - all with knowledge and capabilities - impelled by a zeal which shall secure pros perity - secure the advancement of American medicine - secure American co operation with the efforts of Europe to act better and better, more and more, the part of the good Samaritan, towards a diseased and suffering world. We are not unmindful of these considerations, nor of our relative responsibilities, and therefore we ask ourselves with the deepest solicitude, What inducements can the Faculty of the Medical Department of Pennsylvania College offer you? -what is the ground of confidence in ourselves -can we promise you no disappointment - none to your medical preceptor - your parent or guardian and above all, no disappointment to our suffering fellow-creatures. If, then, gentlemen, it shall be, that we are to become associated as pupils and teachers - to become, to each other, the givers and recipients of medical knowledge, until you receive the seal and parchments of this Institution, and become physicians, - physicians who will take honourable and useful posts in various sections of our country; or become the soldier's or the sailor's comfort; or a pioneer in heathen lands to battle with unchecked and aggravated disease. Or, indeed, quitting the duties of a physician, to apply your knowledge of or. 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.