Excerpt from The Relations of the Medical Profession to the State: Being the Anniversary Discourse Delivered Before the Medical Society of the State of New York, February Fifth, 1879 I am not one of those who believe that we must model all our affairs after those of the Old World, that what is right for England, Germany, and France must of necessity be right for the United States; but I hold that there must be many things in which we shall improve upon the ways of the older nations, and that, from the very nature of things, there must be many ways in which our modes differ from theirs. 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.