Charge addressed to the graduates in medicine at the commencement of the Medical Department of the Columbian College, D.C : March 10, 1830 / by Thomas P. Jones.

  • Jones, Thomas P., 1774-1848.
Date:
1830
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Credit: Charge addressed to the graduates in medicine at the commencement of the Medical Department of the Columbian College, D.C : March 10, 1830 / by Thomas P. Jones. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I desire has bee. so to unfold these mysteries to you, as to give you a just title to the appellation of initiated. On an occasion like tlie present it vvi)l scarcely be expected that there should be any thing of novelty, either in the obser- vations which I may make, or the monitions which I may offer. The duties and the trials of the physician have been the subject of hundreds of addresses to graduates in mcd.cme, and, in fact, appear to be almost the only appropriate themes for the season of parting. The heart is then peculiarly sus- ceptible to those emotions which remind us of our intimate, re- lationship to each other, as members of one great family ; and is especially fitted to receive impressions which, if durable, must have a Messed influence upon our future course. Most happy, indeed, should I esteem myself, if, in this last official lesson which it is my duty to offer you, I might be the honor- ed moans of awakening, or of confirming, one noble sentiment, one manly resolution of power to assist in guiding and sustaining you in that career of virtue, honor, and usefulness, which I de- voutly pray it may be your happy, glorious privilege to run. You are now, gentlemen, invested with the title of Doctor in Medicine. In the estimation of those who have had the care of your medical education, and who feel a warm and jealous1 interest in Ihc honor of the profession to which they belong, and of the particular school of which they are the guardians, you have fairly won your laurels by faithful atten- tion to jour studies, and by that progress in them which has enabled you to acquit yourselves, most satisfactorily, in an examination which we, and you, know was fair, impartial, and thorough. You have also presented theses, several of which have been marked by more than an ordinary degree of talent, and by a depth of research which would have done credit to much older heads. Be assured that, it is as gratifying to us, to bestow, as it can be to you to receive this well-earned praise; cherish the recollection of it—let it live in your hearts a per- petual monitor, reminding you of what you arc capable, and of what you, consequently, owe to yourselves and to society.