THE PRESENT ASPECT OF MEDICINE. 349 



have in the two domains of what may be termed anatomical 

 and psychological physiology, if invariably investigated 

 through the medium and by the process peculiar to each, the 

 same confident expectation of advance in scientific knowledge, 

 and in the practical application of that knowledge, as we 

 have in other departments of inductive science, and in their 

 practical applications. 



I at one time intended to illustrate at greater length 

 some of the more prominent and important features in the 

 recent progress of pathology and treatment, and to refer to 

 what has been done in that direction by members of this 

 society. I feel, however, that an attempt to do so at present 

 would not only be doing injustice to the subject itself, but 

 would occupy too much of your time. Preserving to myself, 

 therefore, the privilege of communicating, at our ordinary 

 meetings, some of the remarks which I had intended to 

 embody in this address, permit me to conclude by expressing 

 a hope that, if what I have now delivered to you exhibits a 

 view too much influenced by individual habits of thought, it 

 will be found to present at least the great features of the 

 present aspect of medicine. 



