The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-10-30


except perhaps, the copousness Of instruction. which
neither time nor circumstances will permit you have
opportunities Of behoding more serious cases OF dis
which cannot be brought before you hereof fol-
lowing and fsmiltsrizDg yourselves with the actual
day the operation Of disease and medicnsof comn.r
ing cases Of the same disease of witnessing the more
serious operations Of surgery, and the subsequent
And the mehodus medendi you will nud to be conduct
ed there In all the perfection Of modern SCIENCE by
able and skiiful men In both its departments whose
active exertsns in the OF clinical teaching
rt your gratitude and respect; and who will bs ever
ready to contribute their uttermost your instruc
ton and advancement. In the Eye Indrmary you
will to peculiar advantage every variety Of dis
eass 20 which that beautiful and deeate-thst u,sf
but alas sptbls organ Is LIABLE and the remarks
which have just made relative to the teachers Of
apply with equal justice to the two able
amiable men and skful surgeons who attend to Its
duties
One subject yet remains, in relation to which 1t Is
my duty TO offer you, in passing. my most solemn ad-
vice. refer to the duties of Microscopic exa nina
ton 80 who would attain TO emnence in his profess
SION diagnosticisn and practitioner In disease-
he especially who would venture with safety TO his
own reputation, and to the lives of his patients to
encounter living parts With the sca'pei aud boldly
and safely penetrate into where the
hairs breadth would let out life aud fame together
on the instant cannot dare not neglect this ndi,-
pensabie study. No plates however accurate and
truthful are substitutes for the actual cadayer
Aud now is the time for study-matrrial is ample,
aud demonstrators able. Hereafter both time op
portuDity will fail you and upon the which
you carry hence. you must hereafter depend. Look
not 20 the drudgery-ths Iost thu danger
Of the pursuit; but engage In H. with the resoIute ea
gerDess of u Bicbat, "a Beclard, or Godmsn; and
avail yourselves of every opportunity during your So
jourD here TO perfect in ts details
This you will never regret but bitterly, bitterly
you derlore the loss Of time idIed opportunity
allowed to pass by uD,npro'ed If by chance, any
Thing in the surgical Of him who addresses
you-s career nov drawing TO its close has
cited your appreciation, stimulated your smb iton,
Iemem Der that he tells you that 10 is by this untirug
devotion to practical anatomy that has present post
ton has been attained AS legacy, he leaves to you
the advice 'go aid do hkeWiss.h
YouNs GENTlEslES. STUDENTS or MEDICINE
You are here assembled to pursue your professional
studies Many have left happy homes at great dis.
hence have left the care aud watchful
guardianship Of aGectouate parents and fieuds. aud
are in the very midst the pleasures and tempts-
lions OF the qsy-st the greatestneei add she wick
eldest city Of the Union Pleasure Will spread her
every tovice offers TO you every ailucsmsnt TO be-
guile from the paths OF virtue and the pursuit of
STUDY. See, entreat you. that you be not deceived
Listen not TO the voice Of the pier and bsvsre her
sDsres. Many Of you come htther amply perhaps too
amply. provided with means Of embracing her offers
See that you do not become h n victims Others again
have trepched largely upon the scanty board which
has been piou'y husbanded to ena6is You 70 pursue
your studies 10 n ssfu issue Remember, each Of
you that IL not 10 lavish II upon vicious iadu-
genoes on IDLE enjoymsnts, that you are thus literally
embossed IL is not gentlemen la the theatre, the
billiard. room-it is not In vain paradipgs along our
principal thoroughfarss when you should bs imbibinS
from the lips If teachers the knosedge which II
TO make you useful aud honorable In after years-itis
not In rotous eonvvisty with the di sipaed aud the
frivolous tar FAR less is it IN the pursuit falsely
called pleasures OF even more grading dangerous,
and ipexcuabs oentiousness that science IL be
qured and her trophies obtained.
The time which Is now wasted will never be regained.
Habits Of ipdGeIeDce study and Of sensual iudul-
gence acquired will pever he eradicated; and upon
the right direction Of your bits depends your fu
ture happiness enipence, aud success " Just as the
t~ig Ia bent the trees inclined" II depends upon
yourselves whether you leave these halls dill gent
dents and accomplished gentlemen, or idle ignorant
and dssipasd profit sates discrodt alike to yourselves
your friends, and your profession whether you will
comfort and rejoice, or break the anxious hearts Of
quietudes fears. and forebodings to a distance from
home, upon the uncertain voyage Of life ~ like
Ulysses you stop your ears to the music OF the syrens
and glide steadily along fixing only the
polar ttsr 81 duty steer your cannot
but arrive safely at the haven Of domestic joyof per-
sonal happiness and professional success.
Fause but 20 listen to their tempting strains, absu-
don the helm bat for moment In the delicious extscy
which they excite In your nwzry souls, and you
Loot Your bark IL instantly whired upon the break.
ers, and yourselves cast captive on their Shores
whence escape IL difficult OF i'm possible.
Suffer, then, entr-at you, no such influences 20 al
lure you from the steady pursuit OF that knowledgs
which IL Is the object Of your coming here to obtain
The innocent enjoymeDs Of social Intercourse even,
duIibR the session, must be spsringly INDUCED and
only as far as health and relaxation require The
tai ingesa OF the day must be assi ated In the
ming Interrupted only by the period OF sleep which is
for the recruiting Of the vital and nelec-
tusl forces IL has been beautifully and truly said by
who himself Indeed sarau and a student,
Professor Agssiz that soeuce aud society not COM
IHtibe and he who would embrace the must absn.
don the other fyou would behold the results OF such
copstancy, permit mo to offer him toyou rs model
The tist approaches to knossdg.sre rough aud toll
some; but the path IL smoothsd objects OF In
terest every side Invest Ito advance becomes i'm
peratysto retreat impossble snt the distant world
fades rapidly before the glorious vista which opens 20
the cOnsn plstion Of the enraptnred phil Dsopher.
Press then gsntlemen eagerly do not look back or
your escspes and assured that the gid
ed ,sloon, ned with the frivolous and the vain has
charms to compare wi the quiet saDotum of the phi
Iossphor who sits the world forgetting by tn. void
forgot " wrspt In the investigation OF great
The Idle p, ssures OF the world are neetinr aud sa
tate The pleasures of the Of science steadily In.
craze The appetite grows with what a. feeds aud
it, eujcymsnts are inexhaustibe There IL no ashiug
ls.art
OF the mind, deterioration OF the body speak
q study prudsnty and nationally pursued IL Is my
duty 90 caution you against that too ardent and in
tspse pursuit of study honorable indeed but danger
which robe the night Of ths hours which, should be
given repose, levers the cheek and einscaes the
name And yet how venerable the early grave of the
schoisr-bow glorious his eptsph How vile the fate
q the sluegaId, the hbeItiDe or the sot
Gentlemen Separated a. you are from your natural
guardians aud adviser, your professors stand TO you
IN TaT,,H, and it Is Ia their the repre-
tentative Of the Interest they have welfare not
less than from my n oct ardent de,ire for your
escAp- from temptation. aud from misuse OF your
precious time and oyportuni y that otter you
council aud eutrest Tor ~ your pectfui considrs
ton. Reverence virtue snd pursu. her paths q plea
sabtness aud peace; eschos tic- and idlcness sur
rounded you every side by their seducdons;
cultivate STUDY with assduity snd Jour reward y GER
tain. Success, fame competence the respect aud con-
td,bcs e Jour f,iio~s. domestic haPpioes' sud the
esteem Of posteIity, await you. These the rca
wards 81 your ex,rtiuns these the fruits of con-
stsDcy and self denial
Let me commend to you punctuh attendance
the lectures % professor Never b. sbssnt from
them from iinPsa tnevttapte n"crsltJs
careless habit OF neglect enEendrel viii rem
der them useess BE silent snd attentive Nothing IL
dscoUrHging aud dstespeoifal e. TEACHER than
e. bud HE Instruction UNDECIDED by nYisy giggtng,
aud distracted class Be courteous 10 the aruty aud
e. snOtber. aud sufr psrsUaai a. Putes 60 mar
tie harmony 81 our social and professional nrcou -
Among band q brethren associated in th@ pursuit ~
mmon object there should be no want Of barn"uy.
r. feet night upon What Yea nsafd during tbs
day. revovs VA your memories. and NIX it there %
Reference to your bstts aud trNt.b10ks.
tuisste the society only 81 those whose bfbits on
fuix and fer arc nj nj IA n aud
whose morals are uuim peacnsble. In The pnvscy OF
your apartments avoid nivolOus aud centious CONVEX.
taiioD and 1T our tax be upon the subjects OF your
ruoies pcn these youcsn exsmine one ana. er apd
hold smicsbe ant profitable discussions, whioh VIII
tend much 10 Joui '-sucemebt. and TO hx la yOur
mia de- the principles - delals OF the sciences or
you ney ind a. even more Go pour advantage 70 IN
meet yOursrtves With the Office 81 respectable pre-
ceptur. with Of the ibsttt1tnns which,
during the siuter zsaouly and ably devote themselves
to the instruction of students Procure the he. text
books On each subject, ald feF good mungrsphs OF
recent GATE These, With good seres ~ anatomical