Address, delivered by Dr. L.C. Lane, Professor of Surgery, at the commencement exercises of the Medical College of the Pacific, November 2d, 1876.

  • Levi Cooper Lane
Date:
1876
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Credit: Address, delivered by Dr. L.C. Lane, Professor of Surgery, at the commencement exercises of the Medical College of the Pacific, November 2d, 1876. 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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    a Faust, Dante a Divine Comedy, and Shakspeare a Hamlet, the greatest of tragedies, yet none of them possessed the patience to master the infinity of details, which would have enabled them as physicians to successfully treat a typhoid fever, or as surgeons, to heal an indolent ulcer. During my visit, I have seen and heard the leading medical men in Europe, and with all due deference to them, I must say, that if all the geniuses were withdrawn from their ranks, it would fall far short of decimating their number. A tiresome journey on foot carried the Listers and Liebreichs to the eminence which they have reached; eagles’ wings never bore them there. In ending this brief allusion to medical education, I ex- press the hope that the American Medical Association will soon take some steps which will lead to our schools adopting a uni- form system of preliminary study and examination, for all who engage in the study of Medicine. But let us return to the English Medical Schools, which we strayed away from a few moments ago. Of the eleven metropoli- tan medical schools, but two have large classes, the University Medical College and King’s College. Guy’s Hospital School and St. Bartholomew’s have tolerably large classes. The remain- ing schools have small classes, some, in fact, not having as large an attendance as we have in our San Francisco schools. University College may be considered rather the offspring of King’s College; and as might be expected the two are sharp rivals, and differ in many respects. Old King’s School in which is found the great surgeon Fergusson, also Wood, Smith, Beale and others, is eminently conservative. She prefers three ner - ouuucms 01 every nationality, color and faith i will not hold up
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