I. 



THE EVOLUTIONS OF ORGANIZATION. 



(An Address delivered at the Opening of the Medical Classes 

 in the University of Glasgow, 2&k October, 1880.,) 



THE study of medicine presents to him who would 

 view it properly two great aspects : primarily, it 

 exhibits an art for the relief of the sufferings of 

 others ; but it also displays a wide field of inves- 

 tigation for the satisfaction and development of 

 the inquirer's own mind. So evidently is this the 

 case, and so naturally does the study of the body 

 tend to a wider survey of the realms of nature, 

 that in ancient, as well as more modern times, 

 research of the most extensive character, and far- 

 reaching speculations, have occupied the attention 

 of physicians. As soon as the student begins his 

 curriculum, by seeking a knowledge of the human 

 body he comes into the presence of the great 

 system of organization on the face of the earth, of 

 which the structure of man forms the crowning 

 object, not to be justly appreciated save in con- 

 junction with the rest. As he becomes acquainted 



