Introductory sessional address delivered at the commencement of the forty-sixth session of the School of Pharmacy, October 5, 1887 / by Sir Dyce Duckworth.

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    [From the Pharmaceutical Journal, October 8, 1887.] INTRODUCTORY SESSIONAL ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE FORTY- SIXTH SESSION OF THE SCHOOL OF PHARMACY, October 5, 1887, Br Sir DYCE DUCKWORTH, M.D., Physician to St. Bartholometv's Hospital; Treasurer of the Royal College of Physicians. Mr. President, Ladies, and Gentlemen,—I take it as a considerable compliment that I have been in- vited to deliver to you the Inaugural Address of this Session. I long ago made it a rule of my life not to refuse any duty which came before me, provided that I felt it at all within my power to do it, and although I am as conscious as anyone that many more fit persons might fill my place to-night, I venture to accept the position offered to me, and to do my best not to mis-spend the few minutes at my disposal. First, I may claim some small right to address you on this occasion, because the subjects of materia medica and pharmacy have always had great attractions for me. I may say that I was drawn towards medicine by a love, for its own sake, of the healing art, and I, consequently, approached