INTRODUCTORY LECTURES 



I 



IN THE YEAR 1814. 



•LECTURE I. 



In succeeding Sir William Blizard in the 

 honourable office of Professor of Anatomy 

 and Surgery, I think it right to inform 

 my audience that he was my earliest in- 

 structor in these sciences ; and that I am 

 greatly indebted to him for much and most 

 valuable information respecting them. My 

 warmest thanks are also due to him for 

 the interest he excited in my mind to- 

 wards these studies, and for the excellent 

 advice he gave me, in common with other 

 students, to direct me in the attainment 

 of knowledge. 



" Let your search after truth," he 

 would say, " be eager and constant. Be 



