HERMANN VON HELMHOLTZ 



consisting almost exclusively of medical men who 

 have gone through the same school. Medicine was 

 once the intellectual home in which I grew up ; 

 and even the emigrant best understands and is best 

 understood by his native land.' 



It would be well if every young medical graduate 

 throughout the world were presented with a copy of 

 this lecture on the day of his graduation. 



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