Excerpt from Valedictory Address to the Graduates of the Medical Department of Pennsylvania College: Delivered at the Public Commencement, March 5, 1859 This arduous physical labor and exposure is equalled only, how ever, by the mental anxieties which every conscientious practitioner continually experiences. The large number and vast variety of dis eases which the practitioner is called upon to treat, located in the tissues and uids, the organs and systems Of organs Of the body, re quire the most intense concentration Of mind, in order that he may make proper discrimination, and treat every case understandingly, and only thus, successfully. These diseases undergo changes through the inuence of climate, season Of the year, age, sex and condition in life through the impression made upon them by their various numerous and Opposite causes, whether predisposing, exciting or proximate, and finally, the difficulties arising from the endless variety Of remedies, modified in their effects by the type Of the existing disease or by idiosyncrasy, all unite in perplexing the truly conscientious practitioner, and subjecting him to the severest mental trials. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy.

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