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The strictness of this rule, but, more especially and directly, a certain inexorable determination on the part of my colleagues, must explain my appearing before you in this present capacity ; but no consideration whatever can enable me to feel otherwise than diffident in approaching the task which my associates have imposed upon me; for. amongst other disqualifying conditions, I cannot help realizing how difficult it is for a member of a pro- fession different from that which you are choosing, appropriately to make use of the opportunity afforded him of saying a word in season to you. Yet I deem it no small honour to have been chosen to address you, and it gives me great pleasure to think that 1 may, perhaps, be able to say something which shall be of use to you, or at least to some of you. First, let me on behalf of the faculty, offer you a warm and kindly welcome to the Halifax Medical College. This indeed I can easily do. for my couec- tion with this College has given me the warmest interest in its progress, and the kindliest feelings towards its students ; but when I realize that he who 7-1 <^ 'hem a safe and plj,!. n I ""' ""'>' '» "^h to sho^ them tLe wrV ■'"^''"" '" ^"-"^ e^'enr -' -^ u„m..aU:f' i-™-;^" -Pe.e„c,„, Because the wovir .,^ °^ - ".an, Cement ".:;:.:—? ' "'^'"' "- and heart whiol, u eali, f " ,, « Plo^e, with its elabom 1 ' ""^ '' *'"^"" '" «^- f dens of scientific k o-Wed.r? ""' '^'^""'"K domains, and its yet duTTl'^' "' S'''"' "mpiri,. -hose hidden depl I „r '"'''""''^ ^^^'"''-e^ sounded. ^ ' "'" f'""""-'' of man has never 'Jo not thinl<, gentlemen thit fh have to deal with are anelt^W I''" "'"'«'« ^O" "ill "■at the requirement o Ztf' /"' "'•'""'"' are fulfilled by a comL'Z , P^'^^^'onal school -hich the teacher do e'"u a T, "' "'"'^'"''y "' ■^o much kno,vlodrre, H "'« ^'"dent takes in la^-e extent the ca e i^ L S" ,e '"• '"»^' '" '-> ^ .'"here perhaps a nearer rl' l"" '»^'"«ions. ■'te between teacher .udtt^'P "^ P"P"age ex- -'hjectsofstndyaremo'bst :"'•;'"" "''^^ «- '■■•a-hesl7knrcx';:;'- ^ -■«-d t„ ""'y a quick and retent vl „, ' '""''' "1""'"^ -»a'hematics,.od:::::::rf::*:;^"'-'^"^ 3 vocally presented to the mind. But now you are going beyond the soundings of certainty. You shall have not merely by effort of memory to learn the peculiarities of a language or by processes of induc- tion to demonstrate a proposition, but you must in- vestigate the fiicts themselves — some of them facts of the most perplexing and occult character. You shall have to judge for yourselves ho\v many of the infer- ences which may be presented to you in books and lectures are justified by these facts, and you will find it necessary to decide for yourselves between many inc(msistent theories. Thus it is that many who come from school or college " bearing their blushing honors thick upon them," fail at law or medicine, while others whose scholastic achievements have been com- paratively insignificant, immediately display the pos- session and practice of certain habits of mind which enable them rapidly to rise to a foremost place as students and practitioners. It is fitting therefore that noAv, at the beginning' of your professional life, we should consider together for a little some few of the many matters which might appropriately be discussed on such an occasion. First, let mc remind you that just now an immense number, comparatively, are being admitted to the so called learned ]»rofcssions. Modern facili- ties for obtaining sufficient knowledge wherewith to pass the prescribed preliminary examinations have started scores on the way towards profes- sional life, who, under other conditions, would have followed other pursuits. Without stopping to consider the effect winch the masses of our people arp "f 'his Province, fa g av tit T'*""' '"'«-' P'op-r place), letLVo ^.o„Uo y"'""" '» "^ Skater numbers enterinl l ^"^ "'^' "^ "'«■■<' are -'" be keener compel l^- """"''''""' ^» 'here -■i a higher stendad of e^tir''''^'"' "'-"•-• •'"ccess. The general n .M ™ demanded for ™P-so„a. and no" eV n"^"'':' '""' 'ha. i„perio«,, "-ne more inteIlige„TTnd 1 '""■^"•' ''"""■' has be- °f "M, and the dafht colrj: "''"""'-^''"^ than 'east, professional succeini?.",; '" """' -^"^^^ at "onal excellence, isln tr. t ^"'"^ "P™ P^of^^- '^'- a few so-called "eXf^ "L' ''"^ «"- hy «'>thout effort and wi.hou b," ™"''' ''•"">">'^ rich Passed when a m-arf.V "'' '"'"'' 'he day ha. K^ zj Practitioner rnnlr) i, •^ ^** ''"■efits of „ reputation without at "" '" '"'"' ""^' port It. '"°"' attainments to sup. I have already indiratoH , ■"edicine ,„„ ,vill be cX ""' """ '' ^"-"ents of -d habits of mind whic 't r '" ''.^'='™^ ^-""ie-s ■ng heretofore have po sib v f. ■, ?"'™'^ '"'^ "ain- I' is an old and r. "■ "• ''<'™lop. ''in'i-d maxim is re: on" S th'" '' ""'^ "' "»> unreasoning acquisi ion whicK . '""""" "^ hlind Phshed by ,hous.lds of pe;„'tf •'''™ ■•'^™»'- has a great deal to answer fomd 'T '" '""«• '^ as dangerous. KuowlelJ"^' ' "^ " '° "-^ ^''garded " -s the knowledge whk'h Lt .'^r'T' S"^""^-""", but -anus : not onl/recolleet ' e t T7' "'" ■""''^■- ^ 'act, but appreciates 5 the principle; not only, like a parrot, makes an utterance, but experiences a living thought. If we recall our notions as students so far, some of us will find that we have been accustomed to asso- ciate the idea of intellectual attainment with books, and with what has been obtained from books. This is well enough, but you must not fall into the error of relying upon books, through mere memory, as the means of equipping yourself for the duties of your profession. Beware of mere book knowledge, and of that condition which gave rise, no doubt, to another familiar maxim, namely, that • an ounce of common sense is worth a bushel of learning." Certain it is that education has too often taken the direction of mere scholastic attainment, and has tended too little to the development of independent thought and a critical habit. Consequently we are all more or less familiar with instances of great achievement iu so- called scholarship, abruptly followed by conspicuous failure in other walks where something more has been called for thar m capacity for the passive or even active ingestioit of ready-made knowledge. ISow, if there is any one factor more valuable than another in the investigation and appreciation of truth, that factor is the ability to observe accurately, and if there is any one profession more than another in which accurate observation is important, it is the pro- fession of medicine. It would be difficult to mention any calling in which the habit of which I am now speaking is not either essential or eminently useful, but in dealing ^vitjj the varied and eciuivocal subjects of medical Dt'foie vol, f„, .. "'"icate the scnno .1 »'i"d. minie.er to this m , "'" ""■<'"« senses """d- S,„.gerv ,vi ■, "''^'■''' '''''^"Ity of the '■o» . pathologj., „it|, i °' "'tol force a„d ^c- P''cat,o„s of morbid .Ito '""""^-^ ™d com- "f these subjects sug„sts eve . '""P'" '"'■'"ioning •■""J -"e, ,vho m„3, ZZlTl '" P"'°»« like you ■""tters involved, how m, ^ ""'' >"" "«'e of Ih" Profession by th; .Z™ t ," '° ""^ '^""^O m this - of the senses of :^ f J; --' a»d interest It IS not, however ph. V^^ ""'^ Possessed. -' 'vith the band, o'.- "C^^ :,- '^itb the eye, to '0 remember what has been ZT V^''"""^^^" . «e must be a tendencv to ""■ '^^'^ "'• heard *t.ons with antecedent o'r t™"^^^' --ting eon: xpa.„ the one by the otke'^V'''^''^' """ '» P'actice, amountino.toah„h> "''" '""'t be a ■■'--on, and if po°ss;i':o"j.'""''''" the material for a merely arbitary memory that would be sorely taxed ill carrying a burden which an intelligent appre- ciation of the real or even apparent relations of cause and effect would make light and easy. If I read in a book about any matter I should remember, not because I have read, but because I have understood ; not learned the fact alone, but the principle with it. Now, if I learn this prin- ciple otherwise I have learned all I could have got from the book. Thus observation serves the same ends at least as are served by books, yet somehow there seems to be a greater and more common detici- ency amongst students in this matter than there is in mere book and memory work. Perhaps most of us are rather late in beginning to practice it, and possi- bly our preparatory study might be so modified in school and even in college as to bring about an improvement in this particular. I do not forget that some persons are by natur(> more gifted in this respect than others, and thatvvitli some observation seems almost an instinct, while others appear to go through life with their eyes shut. Fortunatelv. however, this faculty, unlike some others, is capable of successful cultivation, so that no one with ordinary intelligence need despair of success if he but make an honest effort to achieve its best results. One thing is certain. A man who lives from day to day and year to year without reflectively seeing what he may see is as one blind, and his thoughts and acquirements will be circumscribed accordingly. Genius in some department of mental labor or devotion to some art or calling may perhaps s make men eminent without ,h »"> speaking, but without! m „'r'"' "^ '^'"•"' ' "0 a very useful member of ''"; T" '^n hope to . "'""Id not, however hie vn ^ '""" " '"''>^- »■'«' rej^ard to books. ' I do I, '"■?'"'«'-tend me "•"»ks- Such u thing would he ""^ '° *'P'"»g^- f y- What r do wirhlTot '" """"'■'"^'""' '"»'"- 'hen in a wrong place or il to! ." 'T' ''°""'"^' P"«in^ 'he means to knowledge 'f ^ l^ " '''"'''• ^"">"8^< ;^-^--greate:o:tJ::V''^-^"^^ fences, reflections and ex I .„ 1 ^«""' """fi"^'^ "nd "••"gs, but they are not the ori! 7' "' •"'""«'"•' ^d "'knowledge. They arenot ^'''"■'"''■"■^■"'"■■"'^^ f ea."s. They are -the exm-L '"'"'•''"^' ''"' 'he '-'^ 'hemselves, pictures nr ?.!."' '"'^' "<" 'he '■'»' "'gurd the rea ities tl ;„.","'''/""'• ^'•<' ""'" we '"""f ■. hy the ligb( o, on T" 'T' ^ '^"^ "' ""'"^ <>'■ •I-" .V of the picl,..,,. „ :'^: ""'-f "".indepon. "7:„r:rr-e-:;em;7r- -''•.-^«^at'-rrt*r:''''r'-"^''"-«ve.v 'iuan,tcd uith technic ;; ""' ■™" ''«ome ac- ->d 'he outlook wul b' ZuTr'' "'" '"■ »'->"■'• '""■•e ut homo, and then ,;,,;, ' "" ""' "">" feel to think '^.rvonrselve?:,f ""' 5™ -""st be-in ''■'■•^'•-yourseiv:':, r/„r ••'■''""■'>"'• -"' the wards of ,b, hos,>i,V T" '■<"""tio„s b, "•'"""■ 'j» "ot .swan: ":;;;" *"^' <•'-»- -f th.. " prescribed text book, without fif-"" '"'' "'■''" '» ■""' ''"»■• each n,a,t,.r con , ■" "'""' 'whether '-'-"-on. Itisnl'J^r^tf-'f'o.Vourcon;: "•<""" along the pages and 9 ' ^vhich I 3 hope to o'" mine. itand me 'sparage li absur- putting imongsl ily one. cts and fits and lit the lot the I til We ind or epen- y and ively 3 ac- ciire feci lusr s in tho I in cr. m- tu\ doubt nothing. The man who never doubts never understands. But, gentlemen, I question if you can practice what I am now trying to preach without being thoroughly interested in what you are going to practice it upon. It is easy to give advice and it is easy to resolve to act upon advice, but it is not easy for one to be thoughtful and observing without being interested in the subjects of observation. The senses, those wonderful ministers to the braiu, must be presided over by an interested pur[ a or they will but half do their work The eye may contain the picture, the ear vibrate to the sound, but the mind, if not alert with interest, will neither see nor hear to much advantage. You must then be devoted to your profession. It must become, as it were, your second nature if you are to master what is involved in it. Not to be a surgeon, not to bo a physician, not to have a degree from this or any college or university, not to be permitted to practice medicine, must be your object, but simply to be skilled and wise, and, let me add, honest, in, ])erhaps, the noblest and most humane art to which man can devote himself. On the other hand, if, after giving the study of medicine a fair trial — a careful, thoughtful trial — you feel convinced that you will be miubie to get up a real interest in it, I should say, give it up and try some- thing else. But I tiiink 1 could commend this habit of obser- vation to you independently of merely professional or economic considerations. What is there more calculated to give pleasure ton 10 the Jistw'^'^''^ ^merely ipsthpf^ ""'' "^^ ^ i„ ' ^^«"ess„ess of Sir Charles f ^^7 ' ^^'"^ "^ ^ieu- '"ro f he crater nf v *^^^^stream wk i , ' ""■•'h presents fo„s? '""^ P'»net called the P-fe.,,!", •:'„;'; " ^-ten,, „, „„';•, ^^; '-m the '-:-f::;i-x f=r ~;r■ - ne vcr\ •ontempJa- ^^c pheno- er they be s or not.' ^ of view, 10 looked ve uttei-- n it," or ^experi- of men Jed the ?rritu- bein^ for a ssioji t for i^'es •ud- ill^r the )iir lys ti- le •d n d 11 outset, of persons experienced in the theory and prac- tice of the matters involved. But this is not the only advantage afforded by the school or college system, as distinguished from the incidents and possibilities of solitary study. Beside*; having courses and subjects of study indicated and elaborated to you from day to day by teachers in the various branches, you will, if you please, have the benefit of constantly rehearsing your investigation with your fellow students and of discussing with each other, from time to time, the matters treated of in your classes and lectures. This is a privilege which, I think, is more to be valued than you may at first sup- pose. During the years which you are to give to pre- paring yourselves for admission to the practice of medi- cine you will hear hundreds of lectures ; thousands of theories will be expanded, and millions of facts will be presented to you ; you will read many volumes, and see many sights, all involved in the span of your proper experience as students ; but I venture to say that nothing will make a more lasting or avaiVible imprint upon your minds than the matters which, as students upon an equal footing, you may with inter- est and spirit discuss from time to time with one another. The quickening and stimulating effect of such intercourse, such generous but close debate as may take place amongst jjcrsons moved by a common incentive and gathered together to follow a common object cannot fail to be recognized and ai)preciated as a very im{)ortant element in the favorable condi- tions which a school of professional training affords. Don't be afraid of giving your ideas to ench other, P' 12 ^nd do Tint c, """not als beTt """ ''^^''-^e v„„ ,,, , ''«• and must ''":.''"'■ ^' «" SoodT f""' '''"' ^O" have „,- , . '^''^'«"-'' »<" ^ee that ,ve It aJM ""^ ""^"'""g «» far if position of tl. . ' '^afners to»e,l,r ' ^"^ <'° ■"»» feeling ^ ' ''■'"" "'at of th» .. 1 ^' "o' an P'ace U3 aif ■" * »""non object TT ^ ^-n- '-'•"' ^^^^^f:z7r' -' -^- ftef tb :"•""<' '"^^ yo» that 30 fl" '"1 '" """' a»d 1 re L; """^ "■•e concerned a ' ''" P^fessors of 2 ""^ "'- f°«'>, whether r V '"■^' ^'^o" which v^ " ^'""■ "gation or ■„!» "'"' ">« '"orm of ;„! ^ ' ""^ P"' a«ie learn;. "''■"'"ed. [nte/lt^ "'■>'• "■'"be 7g«sted, eannot'fl/f ^":''«'"s. ^-ch as /','""' *ose who are c„ll i '" ^'"nulafe anrf '""'<' ;'-•■• ^"idesanrSr,;";"" '" "-''aVe heTt"™^^ '"■«» -ork frl'^'.""-'""" have era"""^ ''"«^'" •ners you -rs must 3^^ good -eachers you do fiat the not an ^ com- honld -ruths le as- 3hoo] your put ves- Jbe usi- ind ive gf of le le I- i 13 work, and you may find by comparison wherein you are strong and wherein you are weak. You will be able to see and to realize, not only in your own case but in that of your fellows, the results for good and ill of various habits and tendencies. True, you may see examples which you had better not follow, but you will certainly, on the other hand, be encouraged by models of industry and stimulated by the incentive of friendly emulation. Moreover,you will obtain a notion of the scope and possibilities of your profession which no experience outside of such an institution could give you. Seeing that these are some only of the advantages supplied by a Medical College, and that the collegiate system is at least equally appropriate to the subject of law, and that nevertheless few English law students have the benefit of such a system, you will not be surprised at being congratulated upon the dif- ference which exists between the two professions in this respect. But, gentleman, there is something else which I am induced to mention before leaving this matter of College training. Nova Scotia is not a very large country and we cannot perhaps expect under present conditions to have an uncommonly large or numerously attended professional school of any kind in Halifax. Now what I wish to say is this : that whatever advantages small institutions and large institutions, as such, may possess over each other respectively, (and there is urged m favor of each) one thing is dear. inuf nn tn \\c 14 namely: that a small cl««« • ^ f'e student, not L e^ i,?Tr P'''^^''"- dangerous place. '"="'*'"''> " bad place, but « '-e'y little effort to be there S t "'"' ™'""-''- '» ai'vays a nnsfortune when ;, I' "" "^P^'i^'ce I"'»fe^xion, and to itrre^lll ^'' "'"'■'"' '» W'' '--. «"' he Wilt ": r'.Y "/ ""' ""-^ ""- acquirements with all t|,.„ /f '* ''« compare his '« know., with thet e!t „ ;, I "1 '"'"''"' '^ ^^a. '^"ovv, i„,,,,„j „, ^; !^»' '^^^ of what he does not '''"""■»' of his fellows The ''" '"■"^^"' •■"■'' a 'or us to learn and to keen al v.!"°" ""^"^""""'^ 'esson '^ 'hat as yet we know but e.'r:", """"'' '" ""'^ ''«''»1'- -""i'fetanding any,,' sib' "'' ■"'''^«''' '">''">»', "l^ove our fellows LT ti T'^''"'"''y "'«'-"■ ^<"-y i?,'noranf, and should ^ Z'"^: ""^ "'-^ "' '«'«' '"'d Very n,„desf -^ n, ^'"^"'^ '"^ «■■> diligent " « custou,a V and " '^'■"'■'"" 'sno.atsefre '• '"-,• something t • "ST"' ""."-—-ons "•■"ding Hud rela'-ing o l,^,,"' "°* """ P'aj. ,- the 'o he preserved between thl T"'^-' • "'" '">'ance ":" '-- I oncou tc * , ^71' '""^ i'» tabernacle. "■'^'«- of „,y presentsit tio . ' ™"""^"'« ^^^H" !'.'-™""a.tuensf„ra„„,,;.:^^';'"-'"^^^ "n<-, to yenture to siv T ' ""'''«''"-ds medi. "■"f - ■■"voiyr, iM ;;rit;":;' t '•"■""•-» '"■ "'« "'hid ; How dure I'.dv, '„ "^ "'"'«'■ "«' hod> advise upon this point! ' '/. 15 But, gentlemen, even a lawyer may say one or two things in this connection which some of you will do well to remember and act upon ; and do not despise the advice because it is gratis. That is the only unique thing about it. For the rest, it is obvious and old. In every college there are students who work very hard. There are also some who do not work very hard. If there are any of the latter class here they need not listen to what 1 am about to say. Now these hard work- ing students must be cautioned against the possible results of too much brain worry, for both in arts md in professional study I have seen studiousness over done and have known evil to follow. We are nearly all familiar with some case of a probably poorly ground- ed academic, month after month and year after year, burning the midnight oil, and, with bandaged head and weary eye, driving his jaded faculties by sheer force of will, into the formalities of logic, th(^ j)rocesses of mathematics or the classic beauties of ancient authors. We know too, that many students of law and medicine in such schools as this, for long periods, take too little respite from their labors, either for relaxation or positive rest, and that the result has been often apparent and sometimes deplorable. Listen to what an old student, Professor Blackie, of Edinburgh, says : " It is a well known fact that tiie care of their health, or. what is the same thing, the rational treatment of their own ti( sh and blood, is the very last thing that students seriously think of. and the more eager the student the more apt is he to sin in this respect and to drive himself like an !> 16 iNovv ^pnH. '""^^^^ ^« stands." a«d i„div,d..al tendendes . ' '"','"' '^'""•='' «''^"'* "e.-, ,„ keep you, recZH T '^'''"^ <=««. bow- "-« "- -^ „,e„. ,i, ,.„ :;"' - •"•- e Hen^e^ber of a profound truth anrf tr. « 'he utterance art, „o discovery in ,0 if'' "" "^.^o-P'-l'ment in •oi- lost iK^lth. "'*'""■'■ ''f" <-•«" ever compensate Gentlemen, let me cai.rir.^ '''■ofes»>o„s and bra d e of ^'7 ''^"'""'' P'-''-''^'^'^- individuals, are ant ten, f . P"^"*^^^''™^. "S well as Out bigoted pre fdg r:;;"-'^^-'--'olerance; ".-oMsco„site;tn::.:/:r™:rt::tr --^:r:d::-r-^,r«^^^ ^s u callino it i,,,,, J '"^ ^^'^ '^^^ 1 hough old "foisrapidlyU:^: !.;:--'--•.''-. ■'3ne,v "-V perva,les the w^e ,„t , „Ar""f ' '"'"' '"edical study, and >ve mus , • f"''-""' "^ demonstrates, >vhetl,e,- ^ '"™-""^e what science I'-onceived notions I. Z '" '""'"'"''" -•"' "ur »i"!w::™t:i-:::-:r--ve„.eep„p --•-yto.ece1vel„o^:;i-~rrarf ■ 1 Discard no suggestion as too novel. Ignore no enquiry however minute and apparently unpractical, which may throw light upon the nature of disease. Do notdespise as new-fan:;lod or superfine any appliance which may make your discrimination as to m >rbid conditions more exact. Always separate observation and reason from tradition. Trust the one and distrust the other. Before I close I wish to say a word of encourage- ment to you. I have told you and no doubt you have seen for yourselves, that the professions are being crowded now-a-day.s. Some of you may wonder how you are going to get into a practice, and how you are going to make a living after you have served your terms as students. I cannot take time now to discuss this. But 1 have time to tell you that so far as I have been able to observe, success depends upon personal merit, and that if a professional man has the affairs of his fdlows entrusted to liim, he is chosen, not from motives of friendship or charity, but because his clients or patients require, or think they require, his services. Human selfishness is perhaps the surest guarantee for human success If you can show qualities which your fellows need to make use of these qualities will command their market value, and, unless you are kept back by some unfortunate idiosyncrasy, you will have a place in the great race of life. If you shall be well trained and capable professional men you will not fail. The world will always want, and will always recognize such men. I have no faith in the " village Hampdens and mute inglorious Miltons " who are supposed to 18 s'eep in country churchvards Tf, selves worthy yo„ „ili „Tf\^°'"""'""'^^y'""- "'g>orio„s„essorobs",rl,y '"""^"^^ '''^" '» 'P°^'^^"k!Z Z'o ZJ 7T" ' ""^ ""' 3--' "- "*'-.s.s .I.U I have "been 'Z' '" 'l" *""»"• ■wearing ,0 sermonize Buril;^ ^"" "'" "'^ "^ '■■espass upon tlie provin e o 'l r:""'' "?'^"*"»' "> I see about me-ih,,t intell, , '"'='■<'»<' S«'tl"«en (''"'.■b Lealel. are u ^ t ''"""""-''.nent and «he purpose of sueeoedi," i, i"" '"'""'' "en for i-onu.,hi„g more ; .e fu C^T"" "'" '^''-■« Physieal strength, and "o k '■"*"'' ''""^'- ">an •"•""Phsof.he'mnd Th", ^T'''"^ 'I'"" "'« '^o -' fear, I am .^hJ^^'T "", '^ ''"""'^^■ "» -bout saying the last", ?! "h";;;'! '"™""''' ^ fe™s„ffaitr:,i:;;:::;';^;..- ^"^ '"^'^ -inie 'e.« with eaeh other vlieT"" "'^ ""^ '"^""^i^- •-'h-oh and state ,„;; f, ^^^ ! -ay ,v.,„g,, ,„, goodness is eternal. Tr th f ' ""'' ''"^^ "'''''y "ever pass away. With™ Vr""'' "»"'"'ess, shall be a failure "' ""''<= >°"'- Hfe work must