The Hunterian Oration ... delivered ... on the 14th day of February, 1821 / by Thomas Chevalier.

  • Home, Everard, Sir, bart.
Date:
1821
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Credit: The Hunterian Oration ... delivered ... on the 14th day of February, 1821 / by Thomas Chevalier. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    an industrious attention during youth to the scientific rudiments of our Art, bespeaks a substantial reputation, which only waits the sanction of experience to deserve the public favour. I need not contrast this line of proceeding1 with that of the arrogant pretenders to medical eminence, or the hasty and greedy seekers of premature fame or fortune, who can neither claim the sagacity of age, nor show the proofs of superior knowledge. They who aspire to the higher stations in the Healing1 Art, may find ample scope for genuine distinction in the Medical Hos- pitals now established in almost every dis- trict of this great kingdom. These ines- timable schools afford endless instruction to their medical officers, and incalculable