An address delivered in the theatre of the Meath Hospital, at the opening of the session of 1847-48 / by William Stokes.

  • Stokes, William, 1804-1878.
Date:
1847
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Credit: An address delivered in the theatre of the Meath Hospital, at the opening of the session of 1847-48 / by William Stokes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    achievement, as the foundation of his own, his proper pride. It is my greatest satisfaction, that I sought to follow in the steps of this true reformer, and that I had the honour to assist him in carrying out those views which have been so useful to mankind, and have reflected such honour on our loved but suffering country. I do not seek to prove to you, that before 1820 the School of Medical Sciences in Dublin was to be de- spised,—far -from it; in Medicine, in Surgery, and in Anatomy, we had many illustrious names. But as a school its reputation depended on Surgery and Practi- cal Anatomy, and principally on the latter, from the comparative facility of obtaining subjects for dissection. Now, however, when we inquire what are the grounds of our reputation on the Continent and in America, we shall find that they are the recorded labours of our friends and contemporaries in Practical Medicine, Sur- gery, and Midwifery; and I am justified in saying that, though the Dublin Hospital Eeports had already done much to advance the character of Irish Medicine and Surgery, yet that the great bulk of our labours dates from that period when the true impulse was given to clinical observation and clinical teaching by Dr. Graves. It would be impossible to detail all that has been done since that time; but we may refer to the leading investigations which have reflected such a lustre on the Irish school, and confirmed its reputation in the schools of America, in London, Edinburgh, Vienna, Berlin, Leipzig, and Paris, so that you may believe that the fact of your having been educated in Dublin,