A lecture introductory to the course of anatomy and physiology, delivered in the Medical School, Aldersgate Street, London, upon the opening of the session, 1832 / by Robert Bentley Todd.

  • Todd, Robert Bentley, 1809-1860.
Date:
1832
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Credit: A lecture introductory to the course of anatomy and physiology, delivered in the Medical School, Aldersgate Street, London, upon the opening of the session, 1832 / by Robert Bentley Todd. 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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    A LECTURE, «fcc. ifec. GENTLEMEN, There is no part of the Course of Lectures which it is my duty to deliver from this place, upon which I enter with more reluctance and more diffidence, than the Introductory Lec- ture. Lectures of this kind are generally considered as matters of form; too often are they taken advantage of by the Lecturer for the discussion of some favorite disputed topic, or some point of medical politics, subjects remotely connected with the objects of his course. It must be con- fessed that the Teacher experiences some difficulty in adapt- ing his discourse to his auditors: the object which he should naturally have in view in a lecture of this kind, would be to give a clear and precise view of the field which is occupied by the science he proposes to teach; the uses and applications of that science; the most accurate and simple method of acquiring a knowledge of it; and the extent to which it is requisite that the student should pursue his researches. Now if we remember that, upon such occasions as the present, the audience is generally of a mixed nature, and that those things, which to novices are useful and instructive, may be tedious and devoid of interest to those more advanced in scientific pursuits, we shall see ample cause for embarrassment. But as I conceive my concern to be more especially with beginners in the science, it is my purpose to employ the time allotted for this lecture in adverting (as fully as my limits will permit,) to the particulars already mentioned; and I trust n