Treatment of the sick and wounded, illustrated by observations made at the seat of war : being the introductory address in University College, October 3rd, 1870 / by Berkeley Hill.

  • Matthew Berkeley Hill
Date:
1870
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Credit: Treatment of the sick and wounded, illustrated by observations made at the seat of war : being the introductory address in University College, October 3rd, 1870 / by Berkeley Hill. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    CONCLUSION. •I. by encouraging the establishment of societies in time of j^eace ; by assisting them with its advice and experience, and by promoting the drill and equipment of those who undertake at the outset of war to put themselves at the disposal of the military authorities. I must now conclude; only let me congratulate you who to-day enter our noble profession, on the auspicious moment you have chosen. Never was the value of the physician or of the surgeon more generally acknowledged, or his opportunity better for rendering the great services that our professional training enables us to lavish on the unfortunate victims of a perverted civilisation. I assure you, many a time did I feel a glow of pride, though only a bystander, in belonging to the j>ro- fession whose skill and devotion were bringing ease of mind and body to hundreds of miserable fellow-creatures, starving and dying in agony. Prepare yourselves; jmur opportunity will come, I trust not in so bloody an epoch as this, but in occasions less exciting, and, therefore, con- ferring the more credit on you who undertake the often tedious duties of our sacred calling. Your vocation will not lead you to the highest offices of the state, nor to the renown attainable by the solcber or the lawyer; but of true glory, and of the noble satisfaction that rewards a well spent life, you can attain your just shai’e. May you begin to-day a prosperous c«reer ! WKnTUEIMEU, LEA AND CO., PmN'TEES, CIRCUS PLACE, F1N8CURT.
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