An introductory lecture, delivered in the Castleton Medical College, on the 10th April, 1843 / by James McClintock.

  • McClintock, James, 1809-1881.
Date:
1843
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Credit: An introductory lecture, delivered in the Castleton Medical College, on the 10th April, 1843 / by James McClintock. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    new and valuable preparations. The collection of chemi- cal apparatus has been rendered one of the most complete in New-England, all the articles in it being new, and of the most modern construction. The department of Materia Medica, furnishes between three and four hundred speci- mens of carefully selected medicines, so that in this respect the college affords abundant facility for study. The other demonstrative branches are equally liberally furnished with every means of thorough instruction. In the same period the Faculty has been enlarged, the course of instruction prolonged, the number of lectures increased, and every available means have been resorted to for the purpose of perfecting our college. The efforts made have been encourged and sustained by the members of the profession, and their students, and we now, and always have, gratefully acknowledged our obligations to them. To prove that we have been liberally patronized, it is only necessary to mention the number of the mem- bers of our classes since 1841; in the spring of 1842, we had seventy students; during the fall session of the same year, our class numbered seventy-two, and as is known to all of you, our present number is i i tlijjgj / ^/0 While we freely acknowledge our obligations to Ihe members of the profession and students of medicine, there are those around us to whom we owe an equal debt of gratitude. I allude to the inhabitants of the village of Castleton, who, by the liberality of their contributions and constant assistance, have enabled the Faculty to place the college in its present improved condition. But, though I award all praise to the citizens of Castleton generally, there is one of them, a teacher in this Institution, who deserves more than a mere passing notice. You will anticipate me in pointing to your Professor of Materia Medica, Dr. Jo- seph Perkins, who, when clouds overhung the horizon of the school, when all its future prospects appeared dark and gloomy, instead of yielding to despondency and giv-