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 I am to propose is a scheme for transplanting Medical Science into this seminary, and for the improvement of every branch of the healing art.

must be confessed that in a knowledge of the supreme Being, and of the duties which we owe to him, consists the sublime of true philosophy.

is the most interesting pursuit of rational creatures, as it regards the soul and constitutes the highest happiness.

of the duties which we owe to society, resulting from the relation in which we stand to one another, is an object of the next importance. After this, whatever relates to the welfare of the body deserves our most immediate concern.—Life, when burdened with disease, is but a complication of woes. Health is that choice seasoning which gives a relish to all our enjoyments. As the end of medical science is to restore and preserve health, the welfare of every individual, of whatever age or sex, is concerned in the improvement of it amongst them.

is a science as important in its object, as it is difficult in the acquisition. It is very extensive in its researches, and presupposes the knowledge of many other sciences. The cultivation of it