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acquiring more adherents. But it lias not yet emerged from the conflict 

 of opinions, and still less is the secret of immunity itself revealed. We 

 must become well accustomed to the thought that only the next century 

 can bring light and certainty on this point. [Professor Virchow, having 

 referred with pride to the influence of cellular pathology in modern 

 treatment, entailing, as it does, the principle of destroying the focus of 

 disease by early operation, concluded his lecture in these words : May 

 the Medical School of Charing Cross Hospital continue upon the newly 

 opened path with zeal and good fortune. But may its students at the 

 same time never forget that neither the physician nor the naturalist 

 dares to dispense with a cool head and a calm spirit, with practical 

 observation and critical judgment.] 



