Neurological specialism : presidential address delivered at the annual meeting of the New York Neurological Society, May 1, 1883 / by W.J. Morton.

  • William J. Morton
Date:
1883
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Credit: Neurological specialism : presidential address delivered at the annual meeting of the New York Neurological Society, May 1, 1883 / by W.J. Morton. 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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    were often too sweeping and too hastily arrived at. On the other hand, they were often strikingly accurate ; and when subsequently some few of them, relating to the Gospel of Relaxation and other subjects, fell from the lips of Mr. Her- bert Spencer, they were thought to be words of golden truth. Again, Dr. Beard attempted very difficult problems. He often grasped one portion of a circle, and hauled in upon it only to find the same portion in due time again in his hands. But far be it from us to criticise. His work is done. And in judging of a man’s life-work we must ever keep in mind that we are probably not familiar with an innermost corre- lation of factors peculiar to the man, worked out in his own consciousness, but concealed from his friends, and born of his attrition against circumstances. In Dr. Beard the Society has lost an active member whose presence at our meetings will always be kindly remembered. But I fear that the limits of time which your courtesy has extended to me are now more than occupied by these desultory remarks, which, in the present instance, I trust you will accept in lieu of a more formal address. To you I now look for a year’s work satisfactory to your own con- sciences and commensurate with that which this Society has a right to ask from you.
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