I-em-hotep and Ancient Egyptian medicine: II. Prevention of valvular disease

I-em-hotep and Ancient Egyptian medicine: II. Prevention of valvular disease - The Harveian Oration delivered before the Royal college of physicians on June 21, 1904

Mr. President and Gentlemen, The officials fellows and friends of this college assemble to-day, as we and our predecessors have assembled year by year for two-and-a-half centuries, to commemorate the services which William Harvey has rendered to mankind, and in order to keep alive in our own minds the wise counsels which he addressed to us, the memory of which he desired us ever to renew at the festival which he founded. We are to honour our great profession, to continue in mutual love and affection among ourselves, and to search and to study out the secrets of nature by way of experiment in order to prevent suffering and to ameliorate human life. In commencing the pleasing duty which the kindness of our President has placed in my hands it is needful to comply with the desire of our founder that we commemorate the names of 2 benefactors of this college. The lengthy and honourable roll was so fully dealt with by the learned orator of last year that I shall merely add to his recital the names of those who since that time have given of their substance for the advancement of medicine. Dr. Horace Dobell of Parkstone Heights, Dorset, gave the sum of 500 to encourage research into the ultimate origin, evolution, and life-history of bacilli and other pathogenic micro-organisms; Dr. George Oliver, Fellow of this College, of Harrogate, and Farnham, Surrey, has given 2,000 to found the Oliver-Sharpey lectureship or prize in memory of William Sharpey of University College, and to encourage the application of physiological knowledge for the prevention and cure of disease and for the prolongation of life; and Lady Clark has presented to us a bust of our revered and lamented former president, Sir Andrew Clark. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 61800
Author: Caton, Richard
Release Date: Apr 10, 2020
Format: eBook
Language: English