Excerpt from A Defence of the Medical Profession of the United States: Being a Valedictory Address to the Graduating Class at the Medical Commencement of the University of New York, Delivered, March 11, 1846 And this, gentlemen, I do with greater cordiality, from my general acquaintance with you, and from my knowledge of your qualifications for the exalted functions of Doctors in Medicine. You enter, my friends, upon your career, with the certainty of immediate usefulness; for although more extended observa tion of disease will impart greater confidence and skill, you have acquired a knowledge of those great principles in medi cine which assemble the facts and the experience of ages, and which, especially, are to form your guide in the treatment of disease. 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. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.