An address delivered at the funeral of John Gorham, M.D : on the 31st day of March, 1829, by the appointment of the Boston Medical Association, and published at their request / by James Jackson.

  • Jackson, James, 1777-1867.
Date:
1829
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Credit: An address delivered at the funeral of John Gorham, M.D : on the 31st day of March, 1829, by the appointment of the Boston Medical Association, and published at their request / by James Jackson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ADDRESS. Dr John Gorham was born in the year 1783, and was the son of a respectable merchant of this place. He lived to complete his forty-sixth year. He died in the midst of his usefulness ; when he was in the pleni- tude of professional success, and when he seemed pre- pared to spend many years in serving his friends and the community ; prepared to spend many years in pro- moting the cause of true knowledge, of real, useful science, and the best interests of humanity. He was looked to as a sure pillar, firmly erected ; but he has fallen; fallen suddenly and unexpectedly. It becomes us to bow without a murmur to the decision of an all- wise Providence. But we are not called upon to stifle our regrets, to choak a natural sorrow. It is not our duty coldly to resign, without a memorial and without a tear, the dearest and best gifts which our merciful Father has bestowed on us. Let us rather show our gratitude to Heaven, by declaring how highly we value its blessings, and especially the examples of great moral worth. In saying this, I express the feelings which have prompted my professional brethren to depute one of their number to speak in their name, to declare how dear the deceased was to them, and to show some of the causes of their respect and affection. Dr Gorham was admitted to the degree of Bachelor of Arts in our university, at the age of eighteen, in the first year of the present century. He shortly commenced the study of medicine, and was one of the most distin- guished among the many pupils who were under the care of that celebrated physician and surgeon, the late