Excerpt from Lecture Introductory to the Course on Anatomy and Surgery, in the University of Virginia, for the Session of 1837-8 When the first teaches us simply the exterior conforma tion of organs, their volume, situation in the body, den sity and other physical properties, it is termed Special or Descriptive Anatomy. This was the first mode of descrip tion of organs pursued by the ancient Anatomists, and has by the successive discoveries of zealous investigators, reach ed a degree of perfection yet to be obtained in other branches of Anatomical Science. During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries especially, the labours of the great Italian Anatomists had so nearly exhausted the field of discovery, that little else was left for their successors, than to classify these known facts, and thus adapt them for all the applications of which they were susceptible. 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 Lecture Introductory to the Course of Anatomy and Physiology: Delivered at the Opening of Session, 1831-32 Vvhen we follow in the steps of this great master, when, after his manner, we compare the humblest form Of animated thing with that which is highest in the scale of being, - the simplest with that which is most complex in its structure and perfect in its organization, we perceive, even at a glance, the vast distance which separates them. At one end of this great chain of being, we find a multitude of living things, so sim ple in their structure, that they exhibit no function save one - nutrition no power save one - that of continuing of their species. At the other is Man, greatly pre-eminent over all the rest by his many and high endowments. Between the two extremes are placed multitudes of groups, presenting every variety of form and size, of character and condition, but which, when classed and arranged, are found to constitute a uniform series, each like the links Of a chain, being connected with the group above it and that below it, and so forming a continued line from the highest to the lowest. To ascend. 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 Anatomy and Physiology, in Rutgers Medical College: Delivered on Friday, Nov. 2, 1827 Under such impressions do we at present address you we believe that the profession of Medicine is succeptible of a degree of improvement equal to the highest wishes of society; we believe the human mind adequate to the task of grasping all the knowledge necessary for the deduction of principles capable of guiding us in every emergency, and we feel assured by the past, that the day will come, when the science of Me dioine will prove competent to the relief of all our maladies. But before these desirable results can be hoped for, a vast aggregate of ignorance and prejudice is to be removed: some of the most cherished and long established dogmas are to be set aside, and errors which have passsed into general accep tance must be exposed in the clear light of demonstration to the withering influence of contempt. 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 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.
