Excerpt from The Difficulties and the Privileges of the Medical Profession: An Address Delivered Before the Medical Society of the State of Georgia, at Their Third Annual Meeting, Held at Augusta, April, 1852 Ties around the heart are spun, Which cannot, will not be undone. He has entered the sanctum of their domestic affliction; he has seen and sympathised in their grief; a mutual sorrow melts his heart with theirs; and henceforth a mutual tender reminiscence must ever bind them togeth er in friendly trust and confidence. And, lastly, we may contemplate with much pleasure the great privilege which we enjoy as Physicians, in living in the present age of our Profession - An age in which Science may be said to have reached her culmin ating point of energy and enthusiasm - when every department is in a turmoil of research and discovery when every day adds new and rich stores to the vast magazines of our knowledge - and when learned Con ventions and Associations are organized in every part of our great country, to systematize, to improve, and to perfect all branches of our Profession. 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.