On the resources of King's College, London, for medical education : being the lecture delivered at the opening of the medical classes in that institution on the 1st of October, 1852 / by Robert Bentley Todd.

  • Robert Bentley Todd
Date:
1852
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Credit: On the resources of King's College, London, for medical education : being the lecture delivered at the opening of the medical classes in that institution on the 1st of October, 1852 / by Robert Bentley Todd. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    have come under observation. Of such a hospital no part should be lost for clinical purposes; and every one engaged in giving medical and surgical assistance should consider himself as engaged in the twofold du y of caring for the sick and of explaining to those w o watch his practice the grounds of his dia^osis an the rationale of his treatment. And I would here re¬ mark that a hospital worked m this spirit, is t a which, above all others, offers the greatest advan¬ tages to those who take refuge within it. _ The pre- seLe of a class of intelligent students visiting the wards daily, affords the best security for regularity of attendance, care in discriminating disease, and the due and discreet application of remedial measures which are placed within our reach. _ _ It is difficult to conceive a public Institution ca¬ pable of conferring greater benefits than a hospita Lducted on such principles and with such objects. Its benefits are not limited to the present persons, nor to the present time, nor are they confined to the locality in which it is placed. The student educate within its walls carries with him, perhaps, to distant climes, the skill and knowledge there acquired, to do good to many yet unhom. The poor man, rescued by its bounty from poverty and disease, becomes after¬ wards an active and a useful member of society; or, it his malady be mortal, he receives in the hospital the spiritual aid which wiU fit him for his aivful change; and the physician and the surgeon are daily gaming
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