On some of the circumstances which have retarded the progress of medicine : an introductory lecture delivered at King's College, London, on opening the medical session of 1849-50 / by Arthur Farre.

  • Arthur Farre
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1849
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Credit: On some of the circumstances which have retarded the progress of medicine : an introductory lecture delivered at King's College, London, on opening the medical session of 1849-50 / by Arthur Farre. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    We have lately, as I have said, been made to feel but too painfully the feebleness of our art. There is in it still that dark centre which none of us lave ye been permitted to penetrate; but it is surroun e by numerous sciences, which give it now a hopeful )jo-lit From that brilliant circle let it be your am¬ bition each to snatch a burning brand, and, penetrat¬ ing far with it the darkest recesses of the shade, there deposit your contribution of love. And let us hope, that in no distant day there may arise some mig i y intellect, which shall gather up those scintillations, and, combining them into one vast torch of trut , elevate it far above the obstructions of ignorance and folly, where it may burn with an unbroken lustre, and penetrate the remotest corner of the gloom. LONDONi AVOY STREET, STRAND, printed by g. j. palmer, s
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