An introductory lecture, on the studies, duties, and qualifications of the medical practitioner : delivered at the opening of the seventh session of the Sheffield School of Anatomy & Medicine / by Corden Thompson, M.D., physician to the Sheffield General Infirmary, and lecturer on the principles and pratice of medicine, &c. &c.

  • Thompson, Corden.
Date:
1834
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Credit: An introductory lecture, on the studies, duties, and qualifications of the medical practitioner : delivered at the opening of the seventh session of the Sheffield School of Anatomy & Medicine / by Corden Thompson, M.D., physician to the Sheffield General Infirmary, and lecturer on the principles and pratice of medicine, &c. &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    the necessity this progress creates for constant and unwearied application in the acquisition of knowledge. Such, in brief, are the advances that have been made, such the improved methods of investigating and detecting disease, as well as of its treatment, that a new race of Practitioners may be truly said to be springing up ; and they, who from sloth, apathy, or obstinate attachment to ancient systems, neglect the cultivation of these improvements, are becoming antiquated and of other days. But, Gentlemen, you must remember, I have said little of the British la- bourers in this field of science, and nothing of the German and Italian. A host of the most learned, enlightened and successful cultivators of our art will be found in Germany. On Ana- tomy and Physiology, on Chemistry, Surgery, and the practice of Medicine, works of the very first order are continually appearing in that country. And, in reference to Medical Litera- ture, no language is so rich as the German. The Italians, too, though fewer in number, are, nevertheless, active and offer much that is wor- thy of attention. The hour, Gentlemen, forbids my trespassing longer on your patience; enough, however, may
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