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MEDICAL SOCIETY OF yIRGINI.


The attendance was meapre h,. ,ha,
were present exhibited much zeal in ,Ia
of the Medical profession. ~ e'''se
DR. THOMAS 2. ATKINSON. os na.n :,
President of the Society, presided ass;stea ~ -.
DIR. +. T. SrRIBLIsG, of Staunton. one 80 i,
Vice Presidents. DIR. Z. C. GoocH. tho soo
retary of the Society discharged the duties IS
his office
The Society being called to order, the Pres.
ident addressed it as follows:
FELLOWS OF THE MEDICAL SOCIETY OF VIRGINIA :
greet you at this, the first, scmi-annual mee,iny
OF our Association | am happy to meet you H.
council, and although it may not be required or ex
pected that shall deliver you formal address a,
our present conyocation, that duty remaining to be
performed at our meeting In April next in the city
OF Richmond, | cannot forbear to congratulate Won
on the auspicious circumstances under which we
nave assembled, on the measure of success with
"hcn our efforts, thus far, have been crowned and
ON the prospect OF far greater degree of useful.
ness and honor il we do but proceed in tbe nrosa
cutlon OF our high aim witt that union. and enerrv
ana perseverance, which should ever Character 3e
{n ,3G enoIts OF men engaged III praiseworthy and
phllanthropic work
We have come up to this fayori.e seat os s,eo,,;,
with Is hallowed by many pleasant associatinns
" consult on matters pertaining to the great con,
n'I edlta Oh Medlclne. We are here in view of
our own cherished State UNIVERSITY where ~ . -,
E epes Vi our science are tanght in manner and
70 deeree which, on late memorable occas;e,,
uie" loin eminent Professors in three of its ,,,cst
celebrated rival Institutions in the North a5 W.
SOWING tf!outes 10 It's great merit which were as
honofapie 10 them as they were lust towards tho
ohJect OF their praise, and which filled tI,e H. -
every true son OF Virginia who heard theIo LII
Joy and pride. i-'' +" i'i
Nlth the declaration on the door of tbe N,;o,,,l
l AZEn Iatin
mcnted Drake, late of the Cincinnati school =. Va "a
lclne, Professor Wood, OF the Jniyersi,y of na,,.
sylvanla, and Professor Huston of the Iea;,r.
Medical College of Philadelphia that the t.
VINO enter their respective schools from our o,,,n
noble University, are, Invariably far bntter -
pared than those from any other school eveyr ~
ginian should cherish that Institution a. tho -, -
Inent and boast OF uis State N"
We have been permitted to meet too. with .rca+
cause OF thankfulness to God, that, during wear in
which the nolsone pestilence has ravaged many
portions of our country, to degree almost nrne;
alleled, sweeping eft many of our best and mos,
valued citizens, so few have been taken from our
ranks.
With the exception Of the most distinguished Of
our Honorary Fet0aes, cannot call 20 mind more
than two OF our association who have died since ON
last meeting We mourn the death OF DR.. Georoe
Watson, OF the county of Louisa and DIR. William j
Clarke, OF the city OF Richmond
DIR. Watson. during most successful Dractire o
the confidence aud esteem of his professional bretb
rem, as we'll as OF the public, in an eminent decree
lie mas gone doWn TO tho grave at good old age
deeply larnented by all who knew him
DR.. Clark has fallen at the threshold of his pro
iessional career. He lived long enough, however
to endear himself to his associates by the many yr
tues which distinguished him. as a man and as 9
physician.
Wmle we give eXpressionto cur gratitude for this
remarkable preservation OF our members ve ali
feel that we have been greatly afflicted bv the deatI
OF that distinguished son OF Virginia whose reuiuS
aud learning cOusecrated to the traipipn or ot}nrs
for the profession which himself 50 highly sdorn,
ed, gave not only celebrity, but preeininencc.
to the school with which for forty years, he was
connected, as its most distinguished Professor
VINO that knew any thing OF the character OF the
lamented CHAPMAN, can refrain from dropping :,
tear over his graves What Firginian is there who
can wlthhoid the tribute OF heartfelt grief al the
death OF one who has reelected so nuch honor and
renown on his native State? What physician is
there, worthy to be recognized as such who does
not mourn his removal from the theatre of his
usefulness and his fame, as at the death of one
whose iabors in the cause Of Medical nc sd
him HE among the benefactors of his race, Abnye
all, where is the Eirgina physician who enioycd
the benefit OF his instruction and the kind offices
which he was ever ready to extend to those from
his beloved native State and ind eed from any nor
ton OF his favorite South who does not feel that
has lost one, to whom he could always look with
confidence, when the kind services of friend were
to be invoked
will not push the inquiry further know, that
whilst the profession throughout the wide world,
lamenta me death OF such man, as great loss 10
science, to literature and to humanity the pLysi.
Clans OF Virginia feel that they ha We been specially
and deeply afflicted, and that they are ready and
anxious to unite In offering suitable and durable
tribute to his memory
Ii would be both pleasant and instructire had
we the time and this it occasion to contrast
the lie otthls truly great and useful man, who has
done so much to elevate the profession OF Medicine
and to benefit his race with the most celebrated OF
those who, wholly under the dominion of Nam
mon,
THAT meanest and leasterect
Oi all the spirits that tell from Heaven
have imposed their senseless systems on credu-
lous publici whether he be Phillpus Aureolus The.
ophrastes BOInbastes dc H0heIhein1 Paracslcus.
the Prince OF Quacks who boastcd that ''thele was
more knoWiedge IN his cap than in the heads OF all
hysislais, and more experience in his beard than
In all the Universities. aad yo, in Ii excess OF his
ignorance, exclaimed, The monarchy o. PIT vsIc is
mine or Sir John Long or Hahue2nan. or ioul,,.
son, or Prelstneiz, o. any Other OF the innumera-
Die qGackf, WHO have dis1raced not only them.
selves, but the age in which rlisy lived
"A household word h{5 name viii be, and must
When all preteaders have cruulbled INTO dust
When II shall heIcrgot they did exist
VIII the great Chapman head a noble list
trust. gentlemen, ti.at We have all come up h
this meeting with proper appreciation Of cur re
iiA ttI tttitIe5t anu El uGtfrnll
nation to acquir ourselves like men we have {
| flerculean task before us. Humanity looks TO u,
| TO oaccomplish it.
The earth groans and suffers under tie load o
ignorance and superstition by which it Is oppressed
Human kind sicken and die by the itapcsfioDs @
| Empyricism. The grcssest and most Geztructlv,
systems Of quackery, whose abkurdisies are as Pa
tent az THEN nostrums are Patent are eagerly EN-
braced and their poisons swallowed with tn,
y sett-sdcT.heiHS tptrh, by large portion Of GU
Nothing is easier, in these days Of boastcd pro
| gTess, and advancement in knowledge and science
than to establish system il Medicine which shal
overthrow all that was taught by Cullen, and sgd
| enhafn, and Rush, and Johnson and Chapman
modtcum Of ingenuity. a large stock of inpudenc
ana total want oi principle all that is requires
TO accomplish the work. ''Exenpii Cratic"
| THE immortal Preistneitz eager to advance
| The cause OF Science and its praise enhance,
| By observation scientific fpds
| (Nbat else were hidden FROM inferior minds1
| That Water s useful Ia thousand ways.
| To cherish health and lensthen out our days;
| mighty solvent in its siinpie scope,
| Aud quite Specific wifh CasHiian Soap.
| The Doctors labors let the thoughtIess scorn.
| See new Science 10 the weird Is born
| 'sDixeass is Dirt all pain the patient feels
| Is but the soiiiug OF the vital wheels;
| TO cash away all particles impure
| And cleanse the system, plsinly "a 70 cure
/ Thus shouts the Doctor, eloquent and proud.
| To teach his science 10 Eapins crowd
| Like Father Matthew, eager 10 allure
| Aalicted r.ortsls 70 bis UdteT Cure
1 s1;s thn, that modern scienses are made,
! By bold presumption, putting and parade.
Take three stale truths. dozen more assanIed,
| g,avo Known effects aud fitiy more presumed;
/ Affinifiea score, to sense unknown,