Address to the Sub-Section of Physiology of the British Association, Birmingham, 1865 / delivered by the President, Henry W. Acland.

  • Acland, Henry W. (Henry Wentworth), 1815-1900.
Date:
1865
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Credit: Address to the Sub-Section of Physiology of the British Association, Birmingham, 1865 / delivered by the President, Henry W. Acland. 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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    Physiology, to sum up, is become a science, precise, of enormous extent, bringing / to its support mathematics, advanced physics, difficult chemistry, accurate and com- prehensive anatomy. Part of the basis of the science or art, which averts or lessens suffering and disease, and postpones or makes easy death, depends in gi'eat mea- ■ sure upon its progress. But the applied and observational part can only be learned V by the bed-side of the sick. Therefore pure Biological Science and pure Clinical Art must each have .their votaries, but it must be the aim of each to learn from the other what is necessary for himself. May the State be wise enough (and it is becoming so in every civilized country) to appreciate these principles and their application ! There never was an age—it is not ungrateful to the giants of old to say this—there never was an age when there were so many students, in the beat sense, of Biology and of Medicine, actuated by a simple love of tmth; and never a time when, as a class, they were so free from prejudice, so candid, and so patient. Printed by Taylor and Fraiiois, Bed Lion Court, Fleet Street.