An address delivered before the graduating class of the Albany Medical College : January 21, 1851 / by Amasa J. Parker.
- Amasa Junius Parker
- Date:
- 1851
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: An address delivered before the graduating class of the Albany Medical College : January 21, 1851 / by Amasa J. Parker. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
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![improved, you have but commenced the learn- ing of your profession. Every day should add to your stock of knowledge. Do you know how much the community prize experience in a ] >hy- sician ? If not, I fear you will be but too well con- vinced of it in the commencement of your prac- tice, if it is your fortune to be placed in competi- tion with those of longer professional standing. The physician must learn much—very much,— by careful observation and deliberate reflection. His whole life, if properly devoted, is the term of his education, during which, he should be constantly penetrating farther into the dark and fathomless mysteries of nature, on which de- pends the science he professes. He should never forget that a vast and undiscovered field lies before him ; and he should never be con- tented to stop at the monument raised by some previous explorer. I am a firm believer in the doctrine of pro- gress. It rests upon a divine and most salu- tary law. by which advancement is made the just reward of merit. It is the votary of science only that receives her richest rewards. Those who kneel at her shrine are the favored wor- shipers. If the student would penetrate the](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2114560x_0010.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
