A lecture introductory to the study of medical science : delivered at the opening of the medical classes of the Andersonian University, session 1835-36 / by Robert Hunter ; with an appendix containing an outline of the constitution of that university.

Date:
1835
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Credit: A lecture introductory to the study of medical science : delivered at the opening of the medical classes of the Andersonian University, session 1835-36 / by Robert Hunter ; with an appendix containing an outline of the constitution of that university. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    If, Gentlemen, let ine in conclusion say, by turning your attention in our respective courses, to these impor- tant points, we can awaken an early turn for observa- tion, and point the way to follow in the search of medical truth—if we can warm you with an enthusiastic ardour in the study of the science, it will recompense us richly for the pains, we shall gladly devote to your improvement and edification. Let me remind you, Gentlemen, that in having this important science committed to our cultivation, we must be imbued with devotion to its study and progress; it was not by an apathetic investigation of the science, that the illustrious Hunter reared a monument to his fame, and benefitted mankind. I would entreat you. Gentlemen, in your studies in the great volume nature displays, to bear in mind this illustrious countryman—to lay hold on some of the sentiments and enthusiasm he inculcated, and set a brilliant example of; and hear as it were his spirit en- couraging you to assiduity, zeal, and diligence in the grateful, yet exulting language of the Poet, “ I, bone, quo virtus tua te vocat, i, pede fausto. Grandia laturus meritorum praemia.”
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