New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-03-04
PRESENTATION OF PRIZES.

Tie preseIta'iOl If the Wood AID Elliott prizes,
offered for TIE best specimens OF preserved ani ~
the mstnouaioi students Of either Of the Seii al
Col. gee tcok place on Wednesday st.fnOos 10 the
eUphI.hes OF Bellevue Hospital, 10 the presence OF
large Ron Der q s,adenis and several OF tue most
prominent med cal gsni!emen OF this city.
Or, Morn ftl veTrd the proeel tat % address nav
ing been reicct to that Office the Oldes cohslng
surgeon preeent, and alsO the oldest me nber o tue
Board. He cOnPhmented Dr. Wood on the oriSca a.
lion Of such scheme Of hDeraity, without havI1g
aUy reesrd 90 sc DOL sect rtl the view Of est tb-
li,hng sdspted entirely 10 the uses OF tne
public. Neg lo.k wise yet 20 b-cO ne, in bis opinion,
the hea6qnar's 81 medical science in America IL
admired beautiful specimens OF tki the stapd,
and TecnumeLdsd al s.ud MS OF meilcie to ia all Ar
70 Themselves With human anatomy as the f,unfa-
ton Of success'ul practice. Tee prizes we're then
awarded a. 'Oloss:
IN. Pm, Piis (Dr WOOD n Mr. NJ soc,REAs II Cl5A
for The best specimen Of toe annals fo' IN - n'ora con-
Ihs seooud Pn1- (Dr. Wool .. NJ. J. ID BRUNLEY Of
Copu'coot fer Specimen Representing the Voia' arteries
W ~ ths human b,dv. -
C,udty Tor the b.,,ilus.'spon Of the feui,ie p-v.
TIE pIiZss acre Teoe ved smio loud sppla1ss.
DR.. FRANcIs wss then Introduced ~ d.. 81 IT. he
said tie beautiful preparations nov on the table
taus clear sod gratifying lesson conc -Irirg al
progress IN tins cOuLtry, and he could 10; help 10
cotiIGst the present with fifty years 20, wl~n DR..
Mot arrived from Europe WITH number Of aDstpd,-
cal specmeuts t5at were then considered extraordi-
nary. They contracted vita tue preparations OF
cooper std Abe,Dethy, Of forty years ago IL has
been frequently stated mat medical science IL max
DO progress but II Is stl,eGsLt far fro trie. Do.
Watson late work contains Tn thOd 'aId little itcts
end principles Which DR.. CgNeu the gtta AMI mighty
DR. Cal eb-royer thought of. 1t va. curious sud
VI deLiab'e f.ct the yeLerebs Doctor slated thu, al
the greatest books on human life, and even on
ChiisuOrty tad teen written By Doctors. lie cited
J,tu Locke IS 80 Instance, who wrote tie es-ty oa
" TIE Human Understandings, AM quoted DR.. Ptley
in support of / il opinion. The sp, cimens he sad,
were acmirab'e, ana the ol isehess OF application
Necessary to sGch artist work must lead T. greater
results m the person who attempts it. lie co npi
mcnted Dfs. ~ GOD aod Fti.tt ana showed cOnster-
.bc sOlcude in bis remarks for the sGccess % the
students under their iOs'TucloD which was Affection
atcly r.csivet.
Dr. WOOD then sppka, and said that he thanked
those st4deUts who bac competed for the prizes Iaey
were the recsssary il sIumeuts of establishing yla-
bic musue for tue OF tie public lie th.n shO sed
tee various qus,ics If The dfisTeCt specimen aud
made the statement that eventually il would b. fOun
Necessary ~ establish medical college IN connection
With Ills instiiuti Be evae ospita, by tnat mean
to gain tie full ben5f, OF clinical distraction, and ia
such a CAGE il wonG be found necessary for some Of
the schools nov existing to ut Gp shop.
Dr. Elliott made few wcltmed remarks, re-
frug eioqncIty 10 the future contemplation ut the stu
dents pIesett, when they would be scattered over
eyeIy t.wn aud village the cOltiuert, Of toe peas
en- associations q Bellevue. The au ieLcs then ais
ptrssd