The Irish school of medicine as it is and as it ought to be : an address introductory to a course on pathological anatomy & histology in relation to the practice of medicine and surgery, delivered at the Royal Cork Institution / by Thomas S. Holland, M.D.

  • Holland, Thomas S
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1853
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Credit: The Irish school of medicine as it is and as it ought to be : an address introductory to a course on pathological anatomy & histology in relation to the practice of medicine and surgery, delivered at the Royal Cork Institution / by Thomas S. Holland, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    an interest in the study of subjects, the connection of which with practice has been hitherto but imperfectly demonstrated. How pleasing it would be, had our reputation advanced within the last few years; as this is not the case, I have felt it my duty to state, as fully as time pennitted, what the weak and neglected points in our system of medical education are; 1 have expressed my opinions plainly and am in a position to prove their correctness. It wovdd have been easy to find a subject in which I could have avoided any allusion to our deficiencies, but had I done so, I would not now feel the satisfaction of having done what I considered to be my duty. Unconnected as I am with any public or private institution, and involving none but myself in the responsibility attached to these observations, I have been enabled, by this isolated position, to lay before you a few facts, which perhaps it would have been difficult for any one connected with a particular school to bring forward, Finally, Gentlemen, leave not this lecture-room with the impression, that these remarks have the least character of personality; it is to the entire Irish School of Medicine, to teachers generally, and not to individuals they are applied. In order to stimulate students to exertion, I have endeavoured to point out their rights, as well as the position they can take in the formation of a great Provincial School. The closing words of this address shall be—Students, work with the best energies of heart and soul—work the gi'eat fabric of a New Irish School.
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