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In introducing Dr. J. W. Holland, Mr. Williams 

 said : 



It is sometimes forgotten in Philadelphia, and it is 

 never remembered in Boston, that while Franklin 

 became a Bostonian without being consulted, he 

 employed the first exercise of his mature judgment to 

 become a Philadelphian, and remained so to the end of 

 his days. It is a happy coincidence that in commem- 

 orating the scientific labors of the man who, like 

 another Prometheus, stole from heaven the vital spark 

 which has given light to man and life to modern 

 science, this Society has selected one of the many 

 representatives of science in this city which it owes to 

 the attractions it offers for a career rather than to the 

 opportunities it furnishes as a birthplace. Dr. J. W. 

 Holland represents an institution which has given to 

 him, as it had before to a distinguished predecessor, 

 the field for displaying in the East a learning and skill 

 attained and acquired in the West. Like Dr. Gross, 

 he has added one more to those men of mark in medi- 

 cine whose work began in Kentucky, but the knowledge 

 of whose labors is bounded by no one State. In deal- 

 ing with the scientific work of Franklin, the physician 

 is as much at home as the electrician. His great dis- 

 covery in the field of the latter was more conspicuous, 

 illuminating the ignorance of ages by a single flash of 

 lightning. His discoveries in hygiene were numerous, 

 useful and remain to-day serviceable. I take pleasure 

 in introducing to you Dr. J. W. Holland, of Jefferson 

 Medical College, who speaks upon 



