On general principles in medicine : an introductory address delivered at St. George's Hospital at the opening of the medical session, October 1863 / by Henry Lee.

  • Lee, Henry, 1817-1898.
Date:
1863
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Credit: On general principles in medicine : an introductory address delivered at St. George's Hospital at the opening of the medical session, October 1863 / by Henry Lee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    GENERAL PRINCIPLES IN MEDICINE. Arrived, it may he, for the first time in this great metropolis, some of you, gentlemen, are about to enter upon the study of the profession of your choice, and to begin in earnest the real business of your lives ; and it is right that you should be welcomed at the outset with some words of encouragement and advice, for, if I may rightly interpret your feelings, by what I recollect of my own, under similar circum¬ stances, you may ere long require every assistance that can be afforded you in this way. One of the first impressions that a student re¬ ceives, on his arrival in this city, with its teem¬ ing population, is that every one, except himself, appears to have some fixed and definite occupation in the pursuit of which he is busily engaged. Hence, a feeling of isolation creeps over his mind as he sees, on every side, men intent upon interesting and ab¬ sorbing engagements, in which, as yet, he can take no part; but he believes that, as soon as he can com¬ mence his studies, this feeling of loneliness will be B