An introductory lecture delivered at the Westminster Hospital on the occasion of the opening of the medical session, October 1, 1863 / by Christopher Heath.

  • Heath, Christopher, 1835-1905.
Date:
1863
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Credit: An introductory lecture delivered at the Westminster Hospital on the occasion of the opening of the medical session, October 1, 1863 / by Christopher Heath. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    tliat I have spent twelve and fourteen succes- sively at my writing-desk, and still been in a state of pleasure. Do not imagine for a moment that I am recommending you to imitate the great natura- list's example and spend the whole night in your studies. Two or three hours of study every evening are ample for every purpose, but I must beg you to mark that I say every evening, or at least the exceptions must be few and far between. I remember in former years to have heard fellow-students boast of having read till two in tlie morning, but the question naturally arises, at what time did they begin ? Believe me, gentlemen, the course you are now entering upon will tax your strength quite sufficiently without midnight study, and that it is impossible to get through the labours of the session without a proper amount of sleep. Perhaps I may speak more warmly upon this subject than those of my colleagues whose lecture-hours are in the afternoon, though I may be charitable enough to suppose that non-attendance at an anatomical lecture may occasionally depend upon the in- ordinate consumption of midnight oil. But to return to the subjects of study of the first-year's man. Physiology and Chemistry I must leave to the able care of Mr. Power and