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pourtrayed them, both in health and 

 disease, with a distinctness and accuracy 

 highly creditable to his penetration and 

 discernment.- ^-■'^-^■ 



It seemed to me proper 6n this occasion 

 to review the subjects which engaged our 

 attention during the preceding year, to lead 

 you to the point where we stopped, and 

 from which we are to proceed. Yet this 

 review has occupied so much time, that 1 

 fear I cannot to day finish even one of the 

 subjects next in succession ; besides, I 

 suspect it may have disqualified both myself 

 and my audience from paying that close 

 attention to them which is required in 

 order to understand them. There is no 

 class amongst the students of nature that 

 ought more particularly to attend to the 

 advice of Bacon, than that of surgeons. 

 To look closely and intently at the subjects 

 they are engaged in examining, in order 



