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326 be expected of her since her freedom from sacerdotal power. She has set up her colleges and spread out her hospitals in all the civilized world. In these the true science is nurtured and cultivated, and from these all future improvements must be expected to proceed.

It is a fact that stands out in bold relief in medical history, that all opposition to truth has come from bigotry and superstition, and never from the genuine profession. Here is a hint, which, if regarded, would serve as an infallible guide in judging of medical schemes. Bigotry and superstition may reject truths, but scientific medicine never has, and we believe never will, reject any thing but falsehood. Allow the science to take care of itself, and let no obstacles be thrown in the way of its progress, and it will undoubtedly go on improving and increasing in its resources for many centuries yet to come.

Now what are the inducements which the profession of medicine offers to those who may engage in it? Any one who will, may immolate