Medical study : an introductory address ... / [John Addington Symonds].

  • John Addington Symonds
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1836
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    deadly sin. I have heard of men of such devotion to science, as they choose to call it, that after subject¬ ing their patients to the most wearying and painful ex¬ amination for the mere gratification of curiosity, or for the sake of extorting a proof of some favourite hypo¬ thesis, have left them to the unassisted efforts of nature, (which may be efforts at destruction as well as at cure,) thinking of them only as examples of pathology. There are countries, gentlemen, where hospitals might be better called museeums; beds, cabinets; and patients, specimens. But, thank Hea¬ ven! our own is not one of those countries. The incitements to exertion, thus briefly touched upon, have reference, as you must have observed, to your own personal enjoyment; but you will I am sure forgive me, if, in conclusion, I remind you that they ought to be subordinate to the desire of doing good to mankind, and honour to your God. If you seek for independence and wealth, be it that those acquisitions may increase your influence in forward¬ ing plans of improvement, in the moral and physical condition of your fellow creatures; if you thirst for knowledge, let it be for such as unlocks the stores wwch the Creator has allowed to be opened by in¬ genuity and industry, for the benefit of man; if you burn for fame, let it be for that which will ex- tend your names, not as mere giants of intellect, but as inventors ol new weapons and resources against misery and disease. ]. CHILCOTT, PRINTER, WINE STREET, BRISTOL,