Valedictory address delivered to the members of the Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh, at the last ordinary meeting of session 1852-53, April 15, 1853 / by William Murray Dobie.

  • Dobie, William M. (William Murray), 1828-1915.
Date:
1853
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Credit: Valedictory address delivered to the members of the Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh, at the last ordinary meeting of session 1852-53, April 15, 1853 / by William Murray Dobie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Gentlemen, It lias been the custom at the termination of past sessions, for the Senior President of this Society to dehver a farewell address to its members. In compliance with this time-honoured usage, I beg to offer you a very few remarks at the conclusion of this,, the 116th session of the Society; and I trust you will view my obsei-vations with an indulgent eye, as they have been written in the few hui-ried moments I could, with difficulty, snatch from a week of unusual occupation. Gentlemen, I am sure you will agree with me in thmking that we have now brought to a conclusion one of the most remarkable and eventfiil sessions which it has been the lot of om* Society to complete during the whole period of its long and illustrious career. If we may be allowed to judge by the testimony of the older mem- bers, the Medical Society has now attained an eminence equal to that of any period in its past history. A short time ago, I heard Dr Andrew Wood, a disting-uished former president, state, that he had taken the opportunity of once or twice attending the ordinary meetings during this session, and that, judging from what he then heard and saw, he felt sure that the Society was now in a condition quite equal to that of any period within his recollection. He added that he was so thoroughly convinced of the benefits accruing to every young man who joins this Society, that, when any parents or guardians consulted him as to the fees