On the unity of disease : being the annual oration delivered before the Medical Society of London, in commemoration of its ninety-third anniversary, March 8, 1866 / by Weeden Cooke.

  • Cooke, Weeden.
Date:
1864
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Credit: On the unity of disease : being the annual oration delivered before the Medical Society of London, in commemoration of its ninety-third anniversary, March 8, 1866 / by Weeden Cooke. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ON THE UNITY OF DISEASE. Mr. President and Gentlemen, Knowing how competent for criticism is the audience I have before me, and remembering what able men have preceded me in this honourable post, I must confess myself nervous and diffident in addressing you, doubting my ability to bring be¬ fore you matters which shall be of sufficient inte¬ rest to enlist your attention, or, at any rate, so to illustrate the subjects I have chosen, as that you may be enabled to say the hour thus devoted has not been thrown away. I know, however, how abundant is the forbearance and generosity of my fellow Fellows, and I gather confidence in the thought that I cannot easily overdraw my account upon that bank. In deference, however, to that generosity, it behoves me to endeavour to limit my drafts to the smallest issue. The Society has established no rules to guide the orator in his choice of subject. The whole world is before him where to choose. And, seeing how earth, air, and sea, are all made man’s ministers, no less in his moments of sickness, than in his bustling busy life, it cannot but be said that in selecting a theme for such an assembly as this, there is truly an embarrassment of riches. From B
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