LECTURE I. 53- 



moral, and benevolent ; and their profes- 

 sional avocations equally require, that they 

 should possess such characters and dispo- 

 sitions. On no other terms can they be 

 admitted with confidence into the bosoms 

 of those families which may require their 

 medical aid. Whoever therefore inculcates 

 opinions tending to subvert morality, be- 

 nevolence, and the social interests of man- 

 kind, deserves the severest reprobation from 

 every member of our profession, because 

 his conduct must bring it into distrust with 

 the public. 



If what I said in the introductory Lec- 

 tures has irritated the party of Sceptics, 

 what I now say, may anger them still more. 

 But I fear them not ; they can only shoot 

 at me with the shafts of ridicule, or spit 

 at me the venom of their malice ; both 

 of which modes of assault I actually laugh 

 at ; for the experiment has been tried, and 

 I know, that though these things may 

 tickle, they can never annoy me. To ex- 

 press my opinions on this subject a little 

 technically, I may say, such means have no 



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