An introductory discourse, to a course of lectures on the theory and practice of physic : containing observations on the inductive system of prosecuting medical inquiries ; and a tribute to the memory of the late Dr. Benjamin Rush ; delivered at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, on the third of November, 1813 / by David Hosack.

  • Hosack, David, 1769-1835.
Date:
1813
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Credit: An introductory discourse, to a course of lectures on the theory and practice of physic : containing observations on the inductive system of prosecuting medical inquiries ; and a tribute to the memory of the late Dr. Benjamin Rush ; delivered at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, on the third of November, 1813 / by David Hosack. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    My anticipations lead me still further : When peace may be restored, and the benefits of commercial and literary in- tercourse with the old world be again experienced by this western hemisphere, but a few years can elapse when the universities of New-York, of Pennsylvania, of Massachusetts, of Connecticut, and of Maryland, will hold an honourable competition with the most distinguished seats of learning that now adorn the European continent. In the profession of medicine it may already be said, that in the United Slates we possess all the necessary resources for the most finished system of education that can be obtain- ed in any part of the world, not excepting the justly cele- brated medical schools of Edinburgh, London, or Paris. In anatomy, physiology, the principles and practice of surgery, midwifery, the materia medica, chemistry, botany, mineralogy, and other branches of natural history, we have the most abundant means of instruction both practical and theoretical. And in the study of the theory and practice of physic, in acquiring a knowledge of the diseases of our coun- try, we enjoy advantages, which, to the American pupil, are superior to those of any of the schools of the old world: for such is the influence of soil, climate, vicissitudes of season, and the state of society, upon acute diseases, that in this country they exhibit in many respects a character different from those of Great Britain or of the continent of Europe. Hence it hap- pens, that the American physician, who may have had all the advantages of a foreign course of study, who may have enjoyed all the benefits of instruction which the infirmary of Edinburgh