Proceedings of the general meeting of the medical profession in relation to the deaths of Charles Frick, M.D. and Berwick B. Smith, M.D : held Thursday, March 29th, 1860.

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1860
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Credit: Proceedings of the general meeting of the medical profession in relation to the deaths of Charles Frick, M.D. and Berwick B. Smith, M.D : held Thursday, March 29th, 1860. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    his subject, it was a source of great delight for him to exhibit its mysteries in the most attractive form to the stu- dents forming the classes in that young College. Clearing away all intricacies and obscurities, he presented in a man- ner at once a model of clearness and accuracy, such facts as were essential to the student. His reward was speedily secured in the earnest and diligent habits of study which marked all his students. They loved to study, because he led them so gently and pleasantly along paths that were attractive, from the very charms his own manner reflected over them. In the Spring of 1858, he was called to the chair of The- rapeutics in the University of Maryland. The two courses of lecture delivered in that venerable school, during the sessions which have intervened since his appointment, have placed him in the first rank of Lecturers. The fund of knowledge gained from books, and the experience which years of practice by the bedside had given him,—these were so blended that each aided the other in enabling him to deliver lectures unsurpassed for practical utility by those from any other teacher of this branch, in the country. Not only students attended these lectures, but those who had spent years in the practical details of the profession, found them attractive, and of advantage. I am bold to say that no young lecturer, in so short a time, satisfied every one, as to his consummate fitness for his duties, and obtained so general a reputation as a teacher. There was but one opinion with all who heard him,—and that was of perfect and absolute satisfaction. Surely, life never looked brighter to any man. His lovable manners, frankness and sincerity, cultivated intel- lect, thorough knowledge of the theory and practice of his profession, perfect success as a teacher, had gained him