, 1870-10-05


The opening exercises CT Bennett Me.ffea1 Cot.
md 1sa Washington street, last evening. A large
we're present. The Prealdrni ot tho college, Dr.
|. s AstoT: call the audieace to ORDER, md In
uoiuced Rev. }. s. Sweeney, who opened The
The T1estdcni inen introduced Geo. c. Chris
tiau, .Esq., Professor Of Medical jurisprudence,
xho delivered The opening address, substantially
1t affords me much p.easrrc to be the medium
through which to welcome TO these halls the stu
dents uf me1lelne VINO arc rEsseut ! tnln9
that, as far ae in cur power lea, We will tighten
your IRbor9 and aaME Jon in Obtaining the
es IL se Es :: md sss
especially the ladies, present with rs On The pres
ent oecnsion. The subject Of education il genrr-
4 aud OF medical education n rartcular, Dos
Of mankind. We need your smiles and Jour good
cheer. VIC need the help OF your hands aud
voices In Cur Afduou8 l&l0r.
Among thr great subjects naturally allied to
that OF medicine stands nrst In importance tue
subject Of insanity. To study II ns we should, we
nhonld know something Of tne lars Of mind IN It's
healthy state We receive nur Impressions and
derire cur know1ehre entirely through the phys,-
cal kensen- They are the vehicles By which I'M
ihe n,nd. and IN tie mind those Impressions arc
Rna1yzed and prrp1red fpr use. and then the will
sends forth Fhc re ults TITO the ~atiG ot matter
HXntn through 1hc*c f1me Scuse4
The :1npe'fec wurxinR Of the physical senses Is
no eTfdencc OF dtecAse Of The mind, any more
than Is lhe imperfect wcrktaE Of defective ill.,
E11utneoi and Telegraph wire IL evidence OF want
OF Ek1l In the operator.
The MIND tits ent2loned IL Its lnma,essal
majesty upon the hr1lG 'rhe i'rofessor dwell at
some Length on this ponr. to show that the mind
WAS the source Of sll Actio1.
he agreed that The mind could never be TIE
subject Of tfisezse: that life vas union, and
cessation Of The action Of The vital functions Of
The relAdcntttwcen mind xnd matter, and that
dreaming wss peEtlal cessation Of such action
He showed that Ill dreams could be accounted
for upon scientific principles, giving some inter-
pretatlons of dreams, which he urEesl showed
conclussel5 that no dreamer could dream Of
lie argued tnxs II il the relation betweru mind
and mAr1er which II dlseased. The connect IN
,. Mas The seat n q the tronole anS not ne u miGd
tcct TO deaIh. lie then showed, By rrie1eacc to
the death OF Daniel Webster, ta1t the mind still
lived after the body had separated from It SAID
matter Admit It. II THAT . 80, then 1t Is gov
crncd ~ The same laws ~ cher matter. Oae Of
those laws ID that meter dts OF detays BY ErAd+
u1l process. Now then, he argued, have fol-
loEed Webster tnrangh his Inst sickness, and md
at the End TINT Els mind wss as clear as II ever
WAS, sud can 80 no further; now let The mate
ward died by gradual process.
He said mtni waa o! the very essence OF the
He toak thu press to TASK for l,J,ng to preju-
dice the punitc aR1IAss the tnRn chaIFei win
crime, who IN ctpn e the Plra Of tns2nl;x. Tnc
Professor nsdc strong appeal here for humans
y. progress. Starnees and u tret@pmeat
The 1'ENtes or then closed his aclttEA ~ith an
eloquent rnc''n:um up7n the Eclectic fraternity
for their curta In establishing the truths Of It's
science upon 3 BEm foundation.
Professor Christian waa frequently nrplaudesl
for The able manner ia which he hsr'iled his In
tric1te enbjeIt-
PIufesstf rla.S. the Dean Of the faculty, then
welcomed the students, called their attention to
The mzpy tHrrot enenta which had heen made In
The lcctuIc~TooM4, ED announced O'Clock thll
mo1ntoR ~ the Eous fur commencing tnts coures
Of lectures.
The exercises then closed by the bcnedlction
pronounced By Rev. Dt. Sweeney.