POPULAR LECTURES AND ADDRESSES. 



room) ; and, as soon as it could conveniently be 

 done, obtained the sanction of the Faculty for the 

 annexation. The Blackstone room and the old 

 wine-cellar served well for physical laboratory till 

 1870, when the University was removed from its 

 old site imbedded in the densest part of the city, 

 to the airy hill-top on which it now stands. In the 

 new University buildings ample and commodious 

 provision was made for experimental work. 



In that good old time some students used to 

 come to me under the impression that the 

 laboratory would prove an agreeable lounge, where 

 they could meet pleasantly and spend the forenoon 

 talking matters over. They were soon undeceived 

 as to its being a lounge for idly whiling away time. 

 I hope they were not altogether disappointed 

 when they thought it would be agreeable, and I 

 almost hope they found it even more agreeable 

 than they expected. They certainly learned some- 

 thing of patience and perseverance, if not much 

 science, in the six months of the College session. 

 As a matter of general education for those not 

 going to practise medicine, was it of any use enter- 



