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.

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