The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1844-01-19
VOL. w..
RUSH MEDICAL. COLLEGE,.
To DANIEL BnAISARD, NJ. d., Professor, &c

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and cood will only eoual to that in which they
hovo hoen co,ce;vpJ IFS, ,bcv NAV nrove rot
nl,ors,ber useless.
When look at the norcs Of IFS officers and
professors I am n, loss 10 perceiye how an i'm
s,i,utio, sustained on the ycs,ibuIe of its hopcs
nv 50 much talent and moral worth. can fail of
success But when contemplate your lacustrine
location, so advantageous for dispensarv in con-
ncction with the collere: SO central in, and easy
of access rom, all the vas, and fertile region en-
brocinr within ITS limits Illinois. Indiana, Michi-
gan. and Wisconsin. your remark that "il must
stcceed" loses all appearance of arrogant pre-
sumption. and seems frausht with the irresistible
force of prophetic truth. Though other institu.
tions have started and NAV. nav will hereafter
arise in the surrounding country, vet I'll must sue
ceed" and not only succeed, but its "upward on
ward course will keep" in proud pre.cniincnce
,hovc ,bc al, for there is no point. nor Is it at
all proloblc there ever will he. within the cir
cum,erence Of this vast region. that holds ou,
such r,csep or prospcc,ive ADVANTAGES for such an
institution. as CHICAGO. Therefore. TO Law. at an
e,rlv dav the sure foundations of the future
o,ovth and prosperilv of the various scientific
institutions as broadly and deeply as those of
vorr c;,v have besn laid bv the hand Of
,.,u,e IA 1p,v which the citizens Of Cbicaro
owe mot only to the rising generation spread over
IN. s,a,es and territory above named Int more
..,oc;,,,v n themselves and their posteri,v. Its
commanding location. and the rapiJitv of its flu.
,ure growth. will soon. nav must command ia
Tents of the HIGHEST order 10 gil the chairs Of the
xs,;ors proG.ssorsbips in MI the mpor,an, denar,
men,s os science. And i, requires no prophetic
no. ,o ro,.se. ,b, III. hall, oC surb institutions
,yho, oncc in onera,;on will he soon filled with
tho ambitions and osp;rtng you,b Of our couptrv
U,v;,o beep onencd under circumstances co
nu.nirious the Rush Medical Collere sbould 70.
c.;ve-,pa trns, il will as il will. no Doubt mo.
With. confidence and na,ronage Of the nrofcs.
son ,hrop,bou, the wcs. nshould he hailed Nv
the sick. as the brirh, harhinrer OF hopc-by the
nubl;c generally. rs beacon lipht orisinr amids,
tho dark waste of nroGcssional intellect destined to
;llumine the intricate halfway of the yo,aries of
medical scicnce-enlargc the sphere of their use.
fitness. and conduct them to honorable dis,inc
lion and I, professional cminence. Not only the
c;,i,eps of CHICAGO and its immediate vicinity bpi
The Sublic at large, throughout this and the ada
rested in sustaining such an institution at Chica
20. Does onv one doub, this. lei, him ask anv
intelligent, well educated physician or surgeon
how often il Incomes his melancholy duty to wit
ness and drplore aa untold amount of pain and
suffering, aud, sometimes, death itself. among his
fellow MORALS. rs the result of impropcr treat
ment. fall who have been sen, prcmaturcly in
% tho crave bv the whole tribe of modern churla.
,ans-,r ,he fearfully long and black catalogue of
pa,en, nos,rums, and by the unskiful in our own
ranks-co,ld speak from the tomb, it would ap-
pal the s,ou,esthea and no one would question
the interest Of the public in sustaining such an
institution, or as.or, tina, the country was no. in
want of well educated physicians and surgeons.
In confirmation of the above remarks, will
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