- The Progress and the Spirit of Medical Science. AN ANNIVERSARY DISCOURSE, DELIVERED BEFORE THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE, NOVEMBER, 85, 185a c...... / -..V E. R. PEASLEE, A.M., M.D. PROFESSOR OP PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY IN THE NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE. (published Bt Order or THE Academy.] NEW YOEK: PRINTED FOE THE ACADEMY BT W. H. TINSON, 43 k 45 Centre Street. 1859. ANNIVERSARY DISCOURSE. Mr. President And Fellows Of The New York Academy Of Medicine: Standing in the presence of so many of my profession whom I have been accustomed to reverence, I might feel some embarrassment, did I not remember that I am placed here to-night by you and in your service; and that this is an occasion not intended especially to call forth your criticism, but to enkindle anew and to expand our professional sympathy. I would gladly, therefore, render the exercises of the present hour an entertainment to you, instead of a task. But I must select no trivial theme; and since the regular exercises of this association are mostly of a kind in accordance with the precept that— "That which before us lies in daily life I do not feel at liberty to select a strictly practical subject. I will, therefore, present some thoughts upon the progress and the spirit of medical science, and its claims upon medical men. "Hitherto," says a French critic,* "medicine— * Louis Peisse: La M6decine et les Medecins, Paris, 1857. |