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2 cation of natural Knowledge, which Infinite Goodness has provided by the Healing Art.

A Commemorative Address, suggested by amiable Feeling, and instituted by public Spirit, for the Promotion of these Objects, annually enlivens the Energies of Members, and crowns the preceptive Exercises in this Theatre.

Accustomed to Obedience, on every Call of the College; and encouraged by the Experience of your liberal Indulgence; I have again ven- turcd on the Task of celebrating the Honour of Surgery; and the Memory of Men, by whose Labours it has been advanced.

What is “the Honour of Surgery ?”—Benefit to Mankind: and Distinctions, founded on this well-defined Basis, are its legitimate Expressions.

Upon this Principle, the Alterations in the titulary Style of the College, were allowed; and �