Download or read book An Address Delivered Before the Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania at Its Annual Session written by R. La Roche and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-03 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from An Address Delivered Before the Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania at Its Annual Session: Held in West Chester, in May 1857 In conformity with a usage set by the distinguished gentlemen who preceded me in the chair I now occupy, and in obedience, moreover, to the positive command of the society, as conveyed by a distinct resolution passed at the time, I am, as your presiding officer, to address you on some topic of general interest to us all, both as members of the medical profession at large, and. As part and parcel of the special organization in obedience to whose decrees we have assembled. As you may all readily presume, the selection of a topic suited to the occasion is no longer an easy task. The very largest number of those that might prove acceptable, and be fitting to offer to the consideration of an assemblage like the present, have been often discussed, in the form of addresses and reports by abler minds and more graceful pens, as well before this Society itself, as before kindred bodies and our noble parent the American Medical Association. Coming, as it were, so late in the field, the sources from which I could have gleaned have been in great. 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.