Excerpt from An Introductory Lecture to the Course of the Principles and Practice of Surgery, in the Medical Department of Pennsylvania College, for the Session of 1849-50IN meeting you for the first time ln' this edifice, I feel the occasion to be one of deep and peculiar interest. It constitutes an epoch in the history of the College, which will be impressed upon your memory through life, and remain upon the tablet of our hearts as an ever-abiding memento of this morning's inter view. In extending to you the greetings of the opening session, and indulging __in the felicitations which pertain to the first occupation of this very convenient and splendid edifice, I cannot refrain from paying a parting tribute to the comparatively humble building in which this College had its origin. It was there that this institution was cradled, it was there that any strength which it now possesses was acquired, and consequently it shall ever be regarded by us as a locality of great interest. But when memory calls up the once familiar countenances, the many {heartfelt greetings, the instruction there imparted and the pleasant inter course had with each other, and with those who are now occupying posts of usefulness and duty in the world, at once our pride and our boast, that old home becomes one of the greenest spots in memory's wide waste, around which reminiscences of the most endearing character will ever continue to cluster.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.

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