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ral promulgation of the new facts and 

 opinions he added to the stock of profes- 

 sional knowledge, and I believe him to be 

 the author of a great and important revolu- 

 tion in medical science ; of this 1 am certain 

 that his works produced a complete revolu- 

 tion in my mind. Can I then do otherwise 

 than acknowledge it ? If I have to deliver 

 facts and opinions which I am conscious I 

 derived from another, can 1 appear before 

 any audience, either of students or bre- 

 thren in the profession, like the vain daw 

 decorated with another's plumes, and liable 

 to be detected and convicted as the very 

 worst of pilferers, the purloiner of another's 

 reputation. I should be ashamed on any 

 occasion to feel either reluctant or afraid 

 to render honor and praise to whom they 

 are due, and in my opinion they are emi- 

 nently due to Mr. Hunter. 



Believing Mr. Hunter to have possessed 



