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Excerpt from An Introductory Lecture Delivered at the Opening of Washington Medical College of Baltimore
It has been common long since to declaim against theory in medicine. The whole stupendous philosophy which adorns our science, has been pronounced conjecture: much of it but the waking dreams of ingenious men. Although, we in candour, may be compelled to acknowledge the truth of these asser tions, in some instances, yet, comparatively speaking, we can justly claim a high standing for medical science. In proof of this, I will take a slight glance at some of the other sciences.
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