A lecture, introductory to the business of the Original School of Medicine, Peter Street / [G.T. Hayden].

  • Hayden, G. T. (George Thomas), 1798-1857
Date:
1837
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A lecture, introductory to the business of the Original School of Medicine, Peter Street / [G.T. Hayden]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the Medical Literary Institution, Grafton-street, obtain ac¬ cess, for a small sum, to all the necessary Works, either at the Reading Rooms, or by becoming a^member of the Lend- mg Library. This establishment is now so well known] to the profession and pupils, that it would be unnecessary to say more than to remind both, of the strong claims such a professional magazine has upon us all:—comprising books, plates, Weiss’s surgical and dissecting instruments—in short every thing the student or practitioner may require. More especially when we superadd to all these, the kind and ac- commodating dispositions of the proprietary and their assis¬ tants. It is a curious fact that London, the centre of Arts, has no such establishment for pupils, as that of Mr. Fannin in Grafton-street. Come, Mr. Student, there is no excuse left. You have cheap hospitals, cheap lectures, cheapjsubjects, books on cheap terms, and cheap living to boot—and above all, you have each and every one not only cheap but good also. Gentlemen, when I had the honor of opening the last Winter Session, I indulged at some length in allusions to my respected and learned colleagues. You have since had* an opportunity of judging for yourselves. If the number of each class, and the regularity in attendance of the pu¬ pils, should be esteemed an evidence of success, my friends have had ample opportunity to congratulate themselves. I have, as student and as teacher, been strongly impress¬ ed wilh this conviction,—that Dublin owes its great cele¬ brity as a school to Anatomy. This science has been well taught—cheaply taught—the facilities of obtaining subjects have been, and are, greater than in any city in Britain. The teachers in this department have determined to afford every opportunity to our pupils of learning in the dissecting rooms—where it is best learned, practical anatomy. We