Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-10-03 00:00:00

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age of philosophy-and le
which - we live is the most wondrous age which the
human race has yet beheld, wherein the arts and sciences
are every year- applied to some new and stupendous
undertaking, the conception of which, a:century ago,
would have been ranged with tile wildest fables of the
" Arabian 'Sights ; " where new arts and szew seiences
are almost annually springing up, full grown, as it were,
from the practical application and correlation of the vast
stores of human knowledge which are garnered up, not
alone in books, but also in the active brains of
the brightest intellectual ornaments which have
adorned auy age or country. The lecturer
then ° proceeded to pass, in review, the changes
which the aspect of practical medicine had
recently undergone, in consequence of the. discoveries
which. had been made, chiefly with- the . aid of the
microscope, of the modes in which the ultimate struc
tures of the organised body perform their various
functions. The study of embryology had afforded facts
which demonstrated the proverb that "Truth is stranger
than fiction," and some remarkable-points in the meta-
morphases of intestinal worms were re&rred to. Various
-important changes which__ the ...tissnes _undergo, and
which have received the names of tuberculosis, fatty
degeneration, &c., were dwelt 111 ion ; and the most.
-recent-views of inflammation alluded - to,- as elucidated
by the experimen4 of Bernard. The newly-observed
diseases, termed leucocythwininiand Morbus Addisonii,
received some attention, as demonstratin°,, that medicine
is not standing still, but that the great body of intelli-
gent. followers of the medicine of this day leave no
corner Of anatomy, physiology, or patholo unransacked.
Finally, the nervous system was briefly alluded to ; the.
difficulties which attend research in that department,
and the trophies of discovery which numerous observers
had accumulated, establishing relations between various
parts, and offering physiological explanations of com-
plicated and recondite vital phenomena. In conclusion,
the lecturer said, Gentlemen, would congratulate you
upon the times 'on which you have fasllen, when so_ many
facilities for education of all kinds
itat command.
Education cannot be too highlyan engine
which,, properly wielded, is capable ol;
all that money—that potent talisman—can achieving
more. For social position is, in this age, regulated
rather by education than by wealth ; those who 'are so
fortunate as to possess it, know its worth ; and those
who possess it-
not; value it no less highly in others.
There is -o,:ithing to which education may not aspire
and there is no education- to which a youth may not
aspire in the present day.
The facilities afforded by our
old universities have been wonderfully increased of late;
and crowds of aspirants seek the advantages they are
liberally holding out to them. No class of m__en, now,_
can claim to be the educated class, par excellence,
.for
all classes are fairly in the race. , Let not the is • cal
profession, as represented by its young and ccm•i encing
members, be behind-hand—let them keep up the pres-
tige so long held by it; and whilfi: they are not 'found.
wanting in the technical knowledge which is necessary
for professional success, let them also seek to itnpreve
that general and earlier education which every gentle-
man is desirous of possessing." (Applause.)
The address .was listened to with great attention ; and'
iota close, the distribution of prizes took place,—the
tuden is'die -different elasies being respectively pre-
15°""v4 vs"-dke lecturer in each -department,—Dr Long
Dr. Inman, Ifs, Preteher, FZwards;Dr'.-Baity,
Nevins) and Dr. Collingwood. -These gentlemen spoke

generally of-the great diligence and knowledge displayed
Jay..the stwlents, ,-The,following is a list of the prizes
'3lthActain.=—Mr: Ricketts, medal '3114- Martin and

Mr. Sheldon, reertificates of honour.
-Mr. Walker, medal

SIJUGEItY

ificates of honour,

Mr. Sheldon, cer-

Thornburn, medal ; Mr. Dooley,
Mr, Capper, and Mr. Squires certificates of honour. •
CHEMISTRY.-Mr. Gornall, medal ;- Mr. Dooley, cer-
tificate of honour. Special prize, Mr. Dooley.
MIDWIFEILY.-Mr. Ricketts, medal

fir.' Squires,

3ertificate. •
MATBRIA, MEDICA Mr. Duckworth. Sebond
prize, Mr. .C-apper. Mr• Ricketts, certificate of honour.

A The distribtition over,
Thepleasure which.he had
felt a t C
rument of presenting so
,d upon the students the
atnignml-exPressed the

made the ins
and titi4

wood's address.
Dr. INMAN moved a vote of, thanks to- Mr. CroPper

for his great kindness in taki

g the chair. This'ia

applause ;. and