A lecture delivered at the opening of the medical department of the Columbian College, introductory to a course on the theory and practice of medicine / by Thomas Henderson.

  • Henderson, Thomas, 1789-1854.
Date:
1825
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Credit: A lecture delivered at the opening of the medical department of the Columbian College, introductory to a course on the theory and practice of medicine / by Thomas Henderson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    instructions and example may exercise over the pupils who shall attend our courses. Acknowledging with suitable feel- ings of gratitude and respect, the honors which have been conferred on us by the prosperous institution under the aus- pices of which we act, we are not allowed to exempt our official duties from that which accompanies, inevitably, the discharge of such relations, viz. responsibility and care. Those who are engaged in such pursuits can alone estimate their comparative pleasures and pains. Not disavowing personal feelings, which are properly entertained, it gives us great satisfaction to declare, it is our privilege and duty to do so, that general considerations arc abundantly pre- ponderant in our plans—so much so, as to allow us a fair claim to the liberal estimation of an enlightened profession and community. A full and deliberate view of the subject having deter- mined the Trustees of the Columbian College to establish a Medical Department under their authority, and having occu- pied the ground which the rising influence of metropolitan character has opened in this city, and constituted us their functionaries for this purpose ; it becomes us thus publicly to renew a pledge, virtually implied, to devote our talents, with unvarying ardour, to consummate the legitimate objects of the Seminary. While we are not elevated by indulging in premature expectations, we are not to be discouraged by the scanty materials with which our superstructure is com- menced. Persevering devotion to lawful and laudable pur- suits, is never without its recompense from a community liberal and discriminating as is that in which our lots are cast. And, on a full view of the whole ground, there is every reason to anticipate that the Washington Medical Schooi