Excerpt from Some Account of the Medical School in Boston, and of the Massachusetts General Hospital It is obvious that the privilege of 'gratuitous admission to so extensive a course of medical and surgical practice is an advantage not usually attainable in medical schools, and one ofthe highest importance which can be offered during the period of preparation for the medical profession. It may be proper to add, that the cleanliness, punctuality and order observed at the Massachusetts Hospital, the regular and daily attendance Of the physician and surgeon, and the introduction of the various kinds of apparatus and modern improvements, which are calculated to increase the power of the medical and chirurgical art; cannot fail to promote, in a high degree, the benefit, not only of the subjects of the house, but of those who study the pheno mena and management of their diseases. 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.