The effects of civilisation on the fortunes of the medical profession : an address read before the Medical Society of Southampton, February 7th, 1854 / by Henry Dayman.

  • Dayman, Henry.
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1854
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    ON THE FORTUNES OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION. Mr. President and Gentlemen, Before entering on the main purport of the subject that is to occupy us to night, I have thought it advisable to bring before you the reasons which have induced us to adopt this kind of theme on the present occasion, as well as to give you a sketch of the general construction of my argument. It must be fresh in the recollection of all who are now present, that sxibjects connected with the moral life of the medical profession have of late years occupied much of the public attention. The opening lectures of medical and other scientific institutions have uniformly breathed a spirit of earnest interest in the higher destinies of the profession; nor has the feeling that is abroad among us belied the endeavours of those who have sought to esta- blish more just views of our social position. In the autumn of last year, this subject was discussed in private by a few members of our Society, and it Avas then thought that, instead of devoting every one of our monthly meetings to debates on purely medical papers, an annual address might with advantage be read on some