An Oration, on the Causes of the Mortality Among Strangers, During the Late Summer and Fall

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Excerpt from An Oration, on the Causes of the Mortality Among Strangers, During the Late Summer and Fall: Pronounced Before the Georgia Medical Society, and Citizens of Savannah, on January 1st, 1820, Being the Anniversary of the SocietyMedicine, considered both as a science and an art, is bounded only by the multitudinous Operations of nature. How important its pursuits 9 How pre-eminent its attributes? In utility, it rises superior to the blan dishments of fortune, for it embraces, Charity, Benevolence and Hu manity. Boundless are the limits prescribed to its powers. It knows no control it is circumvented only, by ignorance and barbarism. In its at tainment, rugged are the paths we have to traverse almost insurmount able arc the eminences, that present and must be reached, ere we can oh tain superiority with unremitting assiduity must our labors be guided, to possess the necessary qualifications for judicious practitioners. To what an extent are we led even in the arcana of nature, and there to scrutinize her secret operations.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.