Meeting of the cultivators of natural science and medicine at Hamburgh, in September 1830 / [Jas. F.W. Johnston].

  • James Finlay Weir Johnston
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[1831]
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Credit: Meeting of the cultivators of natural science and medicine at Hamburgh, in September 1830 / [Jas. F.W. Johnston]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    / AM $ Is OF THE CULTIVATORS NATURAL SCIENCE AND MEDICINE AT HAMBURGH. IN SEPTEMBER 1830 By JAMES F. W. JOHNSTON, M. A., &c. &c (From the Edinburgh Journal of Science, N. S. Vol. iv.J Wahrend man in der altern zeit die naturforschung ais eine angenebme aber nutzlose Beschaftigung und als ein harmloses Spielzeug miissiger Kopfe an sail, hat man sicii in der neuesten zeit immer mehr von ihrem grossen Einfluss anf den Cultur-Zustand und das Wohl der Volker iiber- zeugt;—und so sehen wir die Lenker der Volker bemiiht grossartige An- stalten zu ihrer Beforderung und Erweiterung zn errichten. Whereas, in former times, men regarded the inquisition of nature as a pleasant but useless employment, and as a harmless pastime for idle heads, they have, of late years, become every day more and more convinced of its influence upon the civilization and welfare of nations, and the leaders of the people are everywhere bestirring themselves for the erection of esta¬ blishments to promote its advancement and extension. Tiedeman s Address to the Meeting at Heidelberg in 1829. Many illustrations of the fact stated in this sentence of Tie¬ deman''s oration are to be found in our own country, in which the change of public opinion in regard to scientific pursuits has been nearly as great as in any other ; but no single illus¬ tration of it to be met with in any country is more strikingly instructive, than what is contained in the history of the Society of German Scientific Men. Commencing at its outset with the trifling concourse of some twenty lovers of natural science, it has every year augmented and grown,-—despite of the openly a #
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