Lecture, introductory to the course on the practice of medicine, to the class of the N.E. Female Medical College : delivered Feb. 17th, 1852 / by Abrm. Livezey.

  • Livezey, Abraham, 1821-1896.
Date:
1852
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Credit: Lecture, introductory to the course on the practice of medicine, to the class of the N.E. Female Medical College : delivered Feb. 17th, 1852 / by Abrm. Livezey. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ADDRESS. In entering upon the arduous duties which necessarily devolve upoii the chair of Practice, I can assure you, Ladies of the class and Friends of the Institution, present, that I am deeply sensible of the responsibil- ities which rest upon me, not only in regard to those who have come hither to receive oral instruction from lips of experience, from different situations in life and positions in society, but also to citizens of widely sundered and extensive communities, who are, in time to come, to receive relief from suffering, happiness, and length of days from the kindly administrations of those here assembled, —provided they are imbued with the correct principles of the healing art. Under these reflections I am not stoic enough to feel unmoved on the present occasion ; neither would I desire it. Tor such emotions and such reflections stimulate to exertion. That exertion I promise you, and in return only ask your respectful attention throughout the course; so that after we have traveled in company along the pathway of science, which is generally skirted with the fairest flowers, yet occasionally rugged and cheerless, and then at the termination of our journey be prepared to say — Farewell! a word that must be, and hath been, A sound which makes us linger, may we separate with an affectionate interest for each other, and for the institution to which we have been mutually attached. It has been very truly remarked by a veteran Lecturer, that pre- vious to commencing any course of systematic inquiry, the inquirer should comprehend distinctly the nature of the subject, its objects, and its relations ; so that by the possession of the requisite prelimi- nary information, the investigations may be pursued with intelligence, pleasure, and profit. To these various points, as far as they are connected, and the duties which devolve upon this chair, I wish, in the first place, briefly to direct your attention, with the assurance that it will be my constant aim, my untiring endeavor, to furnish you with clear views of the nature and importance, the end and the object of that branch of study, upon which you are about to enter. It is deemed expedient also, that you should have some previous knowledge respecting the general order and arrangement of this