THE EVOLUTIONS OF ORGANIZATION. 
(An Address delivered at the Opening of the Medical Classes 
in the University of Glasgow, 26th 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 
