The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-10-25

MEDICAL Com cement
ANNUAL ADDRESS TO TIE STUDENTS OF BELLEVUE
HosPlTAL-REMARKs BY SIMEON DRAPEa, PRO-
FEssoR MOTT AND DR.. McREADY, ETC.
The annual Introductory address 70 the OF loo
lures 10 be delivered 70 the medical OF this city,
a. the Bellevue Hospital, during the ensuing winter was
delivered yesterday in the lecture OF the hospital
by Or. W Francis President Of the Medical Board.
About two hundred ssudeuts occupied seats in the gal
iery and among the gentlemen seats the pit
Of the lecture Simeon Draper, Moses H. Grin
nell Isaac Bea, Jr, and j. B. Nicholson, al Commission
ers Of Public Charities and Corrections.
The folio wing were the principal medical gentlemen
present'-Dr. j. W. Francis, Dr. Taylor, Dr. McCready,
Professor " Mott Dr. Wood, Dr. Greene Dr. Gouley, Dr.
Alexander Mott Dr. Sayre, DR.. Church and DR.. Elliott
SIMEON DRAPR, President OF the Commission
Of Public Charities, was the frat speaker.
He addressed the meeting In behalf Of that Board,
which, he said, on account Of the great amount Of
good resulting from lie operations would commend itself
TO the sympales Of all caises had been the earnest
ndeavor merit all the respect and support which can
be bestowed IT, and neither pains expense had been
spared TO place on suitable footing as, previous 10
he present Board Of Commissioners taking the manage
ment hands great confusion had prevailed and
much OF the good which might have resulted from is
operations the present Board had
experienced much difficulty In the beginning OF their ca
satisfactory condition During the last ak months the
sum Of fifteen thousand dollars had been spen, bring
Il out OF chaos and lie believed their Efforts might be
considered satisfactory, and this result s due 70 The
cuded by again recommending the Board Of Public Chart
lies TO the sympathies and consideration OF all classes
Professor " Morn said he appeared before them the
representative Of the Medical Board and that happened
because be was he Oldest member OF that Board was
not his intention TO deliver lecture medical science
much introduce Dr. Francis 70 them. He would
however, take that opportunity 70 remind them OF the
great opportunities they had 70 improve themselves IN
the OF medicine IN the Institution before them
and at The time he would remind them that IL would
only be by industry and they might hope 70
attain any eminerce In the profession they had chosen
high stae OF proficiency in the theoretical part OF their
is not all they would require become skill
u practitioners they would TO strictly
pa practice In the different wards OF the Institution
every facility would be afforded 10 enable them become
thoroughly proficient in the practical rs well as the theo
| retica department d their profession.
Dr. W. FRANCIS, President Of the Aedsa Board then
addressed the Students and said he again appeared before
them though not without reluctance but IL duty
required Of him President Of the Medical Board He
would much rather some other member OF the Board
should address them for ne was an old man nov ana was
every dsV deeply impressed with She remark thst
1t is hard thing 10 grow old gracefully" On
former occasions when be addressed them he had TO call
their attention to the past history OF the institution
without reference future Bat nov the admins
tration Of Bellevue Hospital is changed; lodged in
the hands OF four gentleen whose names are as au
nhousehold words" Since their last meeting many
| alterations and improvements had been made In the
ias,i,u,ion1 Of Bellevue Hospital and i nov presents
In the land and this marked mprov a.tri.
buted as much 10 the code OF laws 20 The
beard OF managers, and Bellevue Hospital grea.
triumph and grea, success He did not intend TO deli
lecture On any specific medical subject, bat should
merely point out 10 them the opportunities for
Improvement which presented 10 them In the snsttu
tuition OF Bellevue Hospital aud should the students neg
eci 10 Avail themselves Of these opportunities, IL would
be the Of a lie long regret them 10 all the wards
Of the hospital every facility would be afforded them for
the study OF their profession, and all that remained
for Them 10 avail themse Of those dvantsges He
al hear hiatt
accountable 10 their Divine ster for toe proper use
Of the knowledge thus placed within their reach Eny
ous calrmniators win be found deractng from the
merritt Of every profession but though due or boiler
bur that does not prove ha, the venton Of the stcam
engine not great public DeIetaction that the
OF steam N motive agent should be abandoned. %,
although medical science may not have achieved oil that
could have been desired though diseases stu bAf
fed the skill OF the most learned practitioners il docs
not prove that the whole system faulty for accoriug
TO the statistics Of London, Il was proved that the
average duration Of human lie had been heightened ten
and halt years science which could achieve such
result ss this surely az The greatest and nobes
pursuits which could engage the attention Of man
Dr. FRANtJs then Informed the Students that Or Alex
ander Mott bad offered prize for the best dissection
OF the head and neck the prize 10 consist OF com pete
set OF surg ca Instruments for amputatng operating
and trepaning Il Is 10 be competed for by all the
students In this city.
Or. b, W McSpEADy next addressed the students ana
said that the crown ard ain Of all their medical studies
were The practice OF medicine In the future years That
10 the task TO which they have devoted their lives To
DO this they must make the most Of their oppo
tuntes They must attend In the wards Of the
or else their studies will be OF no practical utility the
advantages to be derived here are IN his opinon un
equaed, Bellevue be tho rgcst pauper hospial
tho world, and one where the student will have op-
| poltghity u study every clans OF disease.
At The conclusion OF Or. Hccreadys irks q number
az medical gentlemen inspected the different wards ~
the hospital. and expressed their APPRECIATION OF the
cleanliness and airyness Of the rooms.