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We have taken a transient and cursory view of various
circumstances, by which the advancement of Anatomy, and
Surgery, have, at different periods, been either prevented or
promoted; noticing, as we passed, certain individuals, and
most particularly Mr. Hunter; to whom the profession of
Surgery is especially indebted, for its scientific character,
and for the distinguished position in which it now stands, in
the estimation of society. In doing which, I may, perhaps,
venture to hope, that those gentlemen who have most largely
contributed to uphold the dignity, and extend the improvement of Surgery, may not have seen much to disapprove;
and that the junior members may have had an opportunity of
perceiving, that although good talents, and a natural as well
as cultivated taste for the profession, are necessary to their
success; a steady and persevering industry, with a determination to emulate the virtues of their predecessors, are no
less indispensable ; constituting, as they do, the only sure
path to happiness; the only safe road to honorable distinction.
FINIS.
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