Dedication of the new building and hall of the Boston Medical Library Association, 19 Boylston Place, December 3, 1878.

  • Boston Medical Library Association
Date:
1881
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Credit: Dedication of the new building and hall of the Boston Medical Library Association, 19 Boylston Place, December 3, 1878. 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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    to tlie whole State. I hope that branch libraries may be established in the principal cities, so that to some extent the members of the pro- fession throughout the State may be reached. A hall and reading- rooms like these I should regard as a medical club-house. It will create a unity in the profession, — a common interest. I trust that such will be the result, for we all need to have the elbow touched by comrade true. And with regard to the community, it should be im- pressed upon us that we are not so much its servants as its leaders. We must be taught to take a higher place in our own estimation. REMARKS OF DR. HENRY I. BOWDITCH, VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE MEDICAIi LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, EX-PRESIDENT OF THE AMERI- CAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. When Dr. Chadwick informed me, a few days since, that the com- mittee of arrangements, during my absence from the city, had decided that I should make some remarks at the close of this meeting, and that they had printed the programme to that effect, I was inclined to pro- test, and I asked, What can I say that will not be better said by the men who will precede me ? On reflection it occurred to me that there were two subjects I could speak of, one of which, if alluded to at all, would not probably be urged as I, from my own experience, might press it upon your consid- eration, and the other topic I knew could be known only to a few individuals, now present. The first suggestion that I have to make is that not only the med- ical profession but the laity owe an immense debt of gratitude to our young professional associates, by whose energy and taste this conven- ient building has been obtained and this beautiful auditorium, with its adjacent rooms for study, has been prepared. During my professional life I have often thought upon and con- stantly desired to see a medical library, founded and sustained by physicians and by generous lay benefactors, as this has been up to the
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