Excerpt from An Address to the Class of the Medical College of Georgia, at the Opening of the Session of 1846-7: Containing a Sketch of the Improvements in Medicine During the Present Century The studies you are about to commence, although laborious, and indeed interminable, present attractions such as are offered by no other department of human knowledge, for they comprehend all that is most interesting in Nature's works, and relate specially in all their bearings to the welfare of him who was created in the likeness of his Maker. The study of Medicine, therefore, not only enlarges the mind, but also cultivates those kindly sympathies so well calculated to develop benevolence, the most unfailing source of human happiness. Unlike those subjects of mental pursuit, whose end is mere recreation, and which leave no reminiscences on which we may dwell with pleasure, this is one in which the agreeable and the useful are so intimately blend ed, that the farther we advance in it, the more fascinating it becomes, and the greater is the store from which We may draw as utilitarians, or admire in Silent contemplation amidst the turmoils of life. 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.