The Hunterian Oration, delivered before the Royal College of Surgeons ... 1821 / [Thomas Chevalier].

  • Thomas Chevalier
Date:
1823
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Credit: The Hunterian Oration, delivered before the Royal College of Surgeons ... 1821 / [Thomas Chevalier]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    sera of comparative darkness and prejudice, preserved the light of medical science unex- tinguished and pure ; and who have, for three centuries, continued to reflect honour on this nation, by members eminent for learning, great in science, and distinguished by the first excellence in professional attain- ments. Having enjoyed in our Universities the highest means of cultivation that are provided for the human intellect, and then devoting themselves to the study and prac- tice of medicine, these enlightened persons are most wisely and beneficially appointed the constitutional guardians of the public health ; and we feel it an happiness to unite with them in our endeavours to mitigate the pains of disease; to convey consolation and hope into the chambers of anxiety and alarm; and to avert, or alleviate, that stroke, which rends asunder all human attach- ments, by disuniting the conscious and im- mortal part of man from the world of mat- ter, and transferring it to the world of spirits. But it is not enough that we advert to the benefits derived from Surgery, in the
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