Introductory for 1844-5 : on the present position of some of the most important of the modern operations of surgery / by Thomas D. Mütter.

  • Mütter, Thomas D. (Thomas Dent), 1811-1859.
Date:
1844
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Credit: Introductory for 1844-5 : on the present position of some of the most important of the modern operations of surgery / by Thomas D. Mütter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    And lastly, through fertile and prosperous Belgium, whose soil has so often been fattened with the blood of heroes, but now teems with the golden harvest, that sweetest emblem of peace and good will among men. Although, I repeat, I cannot dwell on scenes that would, perchance, interest and amuse you much more than the professional details of which my lecture is composed, I should be worse than graceless were I to pass over in silence the many, many kindnesses that I received at the hands of all, both in England and on the continent, with whom it was my good fortune to form an acquaintance. Yes, gentlemen, stranger and foreigner as I was, with no claims other than those which spring from these very circumstances, upon either their hospitality or respect, I was received, in Eng- land especially, almost as a brother. The right hand of fellowship was extended to me in every quarter, both in the profession and out of it, and I was made to feel, that notwithstanding the errors of the mother, and the faults of the daughter, notwithstanding the wicked and diabolical attempts of the wilfully ignorant, or wilfully prejudiced, or wilfully bad men on both sides the Atlantic, to foster, and keep alive the causes of national animosity, to irritate and inflame, and cause to bleed afresh, wounds that time and a better acquaintance with each other have nearly healed ; notwithstanding all this, I was made to feel, I repeat, that these national prejudices there, as with us, are confined almost exclusively to the ignorant or designing, and that the educated and enlightened of both lands hail each other as brethren, descended from one common stock, speaking the same language, and governed by the same noble and generous feelings. Yes, gentlemen, as an American citizen, I felt proud to find that among those Englishmen who comprehend our Institutions, there exists the best feelings towards our be- loved country. And I also gloried in the fact, for fact it is, that in science at least, there is but one government, The