Neurological specialism : presidential address delivered at the annual meeting of the New York Neurological Society, May 1, 1883 / by W.J. Morton.

  • Morton, William J. (William James), 1846-1920.
Date:
1883
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Credit: Neurological specialism : presidential address delivered at the annual meeting of the New York Neurological Society, May 1, 1883 / by W.J. Morton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE NEW YORK NEUROLOGICAL SOCIETY, MAY I, 1883. By WILLIAM J. MORTON, M.D., NEW YORK. GENTLEMEN :—I enter upon the duties which you have assigned to me, deeply conscious of the com- pliment and the confidence conveyed in your vote, and in full reliance upon that active and earnest support that has always been characteristic of the proceedings of this Society. In accordance with the precedent which demands on this evening “the addresses of the retiring and newly elected Presidents,” I venture to bring before you some general remarks relating to our Society,—its past, its future, its aims, and its position as the exponent of a vigorous and special offshoot of general medicine. Of the past I shall say but little. Our age is not yet so venerable as to present charms whose enumeration shall obliterate the novelty of our present. Our records do not yet invite the antiquary to rehearse in detail our earlier achievements. But, for the benefit of those who have recently joined our ranks, I may note, in passing, several prominent points in our career. We are disposed to believe that an unusual degree of success has thus far attended our efforts. With us hard Reprinted from the Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, Vol. x. No. 4, October, 1883.