The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-10-22

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extended, and things which were then thought ex.
trsneous to pursuits have only become legitimate
objects OF study but themselves the
main sources from which science is expect i'm
provement What there by OF the intellect
Of man than to trace from small beginnings by slow
develops ments the gradual progress Of organs which
reach their perfection In him Ito how the
Of external physical agents leads to their expansion
or contrariwise to their disease What be more
noble than to contemplate the ideal models from
which the Great Author of nature has started and
watch how under His plastic hand in directions that d
verge from another the numberess types of animal
life have been unfoded In whatever direction turn,
how amazing the instances of fertility of resource,
various inhabitants Of the airone flies by its finger
other BY its hand, another by its arm, another by its
ribs another by it's skin, another by its lungs The
tomcal conditions remaining constant the problem Of
aerial transit is solved in thousand different ways
respiration the OF Digestion most Of all those
OF the nervous system in the various tribes each
presenting peculiar mechanism aHd illustrating to us
what the action of such mechanism is Nor does the
physician, from this extended range of studies alone
pect to gather information Of the structure and working
OF organs Of He studies healthy structure that
he be able to combat disease The diseases Of brutes
will one day form the clearest illustration Of the diseases
OF man. Already one Of the most brilliant sentri
buttons to the practice of medicine has been de-
rived from this source In the hands of Jenner, dis
ease Of the COW has served to mitigate the most osth
some maady to which the human race is subject
would therefore urge it upon the young physician
pursuits his OF relax alton 10 the study of
nature for there is nothing that purify the thought
exst the intellect stands in strong contrast
with the pleasures Of the world which only tran.
stoIy in the enjoyment but in the result
Bow little truth absolutely certain TRUTHS known
ana OF that little, how large portion has been contr
bu,ed by natural science Then whether be induced
by the nope that these things aid in professional
or by that thirst for knowledge aud innate
love OF truth that Providence has given all it ought
to be cur pleasure it ia duty
into every branch Of physical XXI owledge aud gather
information from whatever source may We are at
the students and the ministers Of organizations the
duty to hch have devoted ourselves demands the
exeron Of all powers 1t needs but very supsrf-
cia reflection to satisfy how extensive field of
study In no profession the maxim of Lord Bacon-
knowledge is power-so applicable in 1t Is not
by potessipg few pIecepts gathered in the lecture
ioom that we become profound physicians, but by
a lopg continued and assiduous labor, with many
a ef denial and many a weary task Pursuits which
10 other men are revolving, and which held by
the public and by the law dctestable are, with
necessary duty Our path to distinction is through the
dissecting room No one of US reach to eunence
except he be atomst Early in the morning. and
late at night your proper place is in that Oh mbr Of
the dead Not in the giddy pleasures Of the great and
disspaed city but there among the young and the old
these who have been cut oil on sudden, and those
who have fingered awsy-yovr time should be spent.
In that melancholy where the strong Ion
ger rewn, and the beautiful cannot blush IL Is for you
20 become acquainted with all the marvellous secrets Of
this mystt rious frame. How you expect be able
TO relieve its sfiictionsrepair its acct tents stay its
diseases except you have seen with eyes its
irDermost construction! With dige Mt attendance
Jour courses f lecturer you should lose 10 opportunity
Of clinical study whether 1t be in the public hospitals Of
the city or in our clDiques The advantages that
you will gain from the latter greatsrfar greater
than can express by words In he surgical and medi-
cal yeu will see The very you most likely to
meet when you first enter practice and In the OBJ
setrcal ytu will gather fund OF information nowhere
else &c be obtained The students OF this Univer.
sy should take no common pride in this eli
pique. II was first established by Professor Bed
ford, under every encouragement, the profession
generally rtgsrdI 1t as cbimerica But the ability
It, and msds Of the chief props Of this institution
You am endesvorng to impress you with enlarged
ideas ofthe sphere of duty Of medical student teach
irg you 10 look upon al the world OF organization
your province and all physical science your aid that
you are to disregard the eDjoyments congenia to
your year. and without hesitation engage in the most
distastefnl pursuits. cannot avoid enumsrAting,
snorg the advantages TO erjoy The privilege Of
the Instruction OF Professor Pattsen. You will dnd the
system he adopts. now matured by the experience Of
many years signaly conducive To perfection In your
denial In this Establishment YOU will meet Wit every
thing that facilitate your progress and make your
time pass sgreeaby We feel that 1t is for us to pro
vide for privilege within reach and that
medical college Is imperfect, except 1t represent In
every particular, the science Of the times What then
Is the duty Of medical college, That question IL
sweitd differently from different points Of view
The doctor, who is struggling among rivals replies
promptly that Il should be TO throw difficulties way
OF others graduating lie looks with dismay at the last
catalogues Of the various medical schools orrts
to look at Tie last national census The young gentle
n an Who has recently returned from france thinks
that period Of from to ten years devoted to
tie yurtuit Of professional knowledge is What is de-
handed snd that the colleges ought to b. made togve a.
Many Of the clergy and ladies (slss how hard II is
to deny them thing, insist that these institutions
will always be coed for nothing, unless they establish
chair Of boneopsthy-they would add also the water
The people Of the State Of New York have by Law
ordered thorough Instruction In anatomical
dissctons At the time they dircc. their oiieers
TO put w. In jail " they can catch Us with subject
Even IN profession what diversity Of sentiment
prevails. All men weather wise by nature-all
statensD by nstureal think that by nature they could
mango medical college they little dresm what a
pieated and delicate Instrument II H. One thinks that
The course d lectures should be extended to months
The rostrum of another that demonsra
items fhoue b. given the cass crgelng that that no
bic ard much nundest God ca no more be
used by beginner than piinoforte; that in its
very nature IL for The private study and not for the
mn lie leftn IN H. 4. A Nth asrt.
diversity a aion that the colleges ti-fy all par
uts' They would have sk hk- that Of the Old man
and Lis son In the fable who alternately rode their
beast, and let II ride them the Ihbernisn
tTan,lston has H. all rode simultaneously
Their ard yet could please nobody While the profession
At large sppreciaing thee difficulties has done them
iuttiCe ard given them cordial support regarding them
sihe main prop- o. medical science lew individuals
have csmored for their cestructon Perhaps II In
spirit Of prophecy that the ancient Greeks picted the
stoh OF Esculapius es surrouodd With kissing snakes
Ire fsct that uniform ysteE IL not possible for the
colleges CT the United States Local circumstances, or
pculisrtes Of eonditio- place them u2cn 20 disren
fcotirg that what advisable for may b. greatly
prtjrdoial for another For example. here dis
Ct for nearly Elk months in H. year, but not with
tie southern schoCls In place Institution may
te affected by the movements Of hafa Dozen others in
ia Nicrity elsewhere there may not be rival within
tie bupditd niles The continued iaerventious o
boards Of trustees with may be experienced
ty smother and may be the policy q one to keep it
affairs just as tiny are. on the maxim q to let vel
tloreh ard another. without hesitation, may al
ytDtsre career CT progress and expansion
Per the University can say, with truth that Il has
tvtr htu ttNre u the necessity o Keeping up WITH the
den De Il the times but not by epgsgipg deusve
or imprsctcsbls schemes. IL has lent seu 10
tuch sllacies exchanging four months course Of
ix Lectures day. for six months course of four
kong before these things publicly discussed had
seogbized the cssty q great an1 Important changes
the ccurse q instructions and IN the last ten years
Tie Faculty has paid TO the governing authorities OF the
lnivtfsity more than twenty thousand dollars under
written spult ton that they should have the power
chairs and otheruis exte cd their course OF
instructicn whenever they thought the time had
The tight they have thus purchased they exercising
4 m ted IN tiair tn thava
going 70 carry out their plans. There two df
trtIt veys In which improvements In col
l'gste syst'm nay be attenpted-by coercion ar by
inductment To a certain extent al colleges prsc
uee The former, compelling student to study Tor
certain time 20 attend certain ectuiea 90 DO certain
thSgs l.ioie they will give him degrrc. But " is
llan that such topTulkion only be carried toa
limited extent, beyond which % musi necessarily ial
ahers Is nc central authority Which can aies sh u,