Introductory lecture to the course of physiology in the Medical College of the State of South Carolina / by James Moultrie.

  • Moultrie, James, Jr., 1793-1869.
Date:
1856
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    pains should be spared to introduce the study of its outlines into our elemen- tary schools; so that children may acquire some knowledge of its value, and its extension thus become universal. No greater boon could be added to the provided means of civilization than this. It is the only specific against quackery. Professor Draper remarks that Empiricism could not flour- ish as it does, if the structure and functions of the body of man were better understood. I rejoice at the efforts, therefore, which have recently been made to give it this direction ; and that the success which has attended them, justifies their continuance. I rejoice, too, at the necessity which the freer diffusion of the knowledge of it will impose on candidates who offer for the honors and emoluments of the Diploma to become well 'acquainted with the treasures which it contains. A great revolution, I am persuaded, in common with the author before mentioned, is impending in the prac- tice of medicine, and that in the future, the greatest physicians will be the greatest physiologists ; and in closing, take occasion to superadd my further testimony to his, that He can best correct the imperfec- tions of a machine, who best understands its structure and action.