Excerpt from Valedictory Address to the Graduates of Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia: Delivered at the Public Commencement, Held March 15, 1859 The grateful duty has been devolved on me to address you on this interesting occasion. This day you have received those honors which you have so long and so ardently coveted; and their bestowal has been witn essed by this brilliant assembly, who have honored you with their presence, and cheered you with their sym pathy. The public is little aware of the labors, mental and phy sicsl, which medical students undergo, when preparing themselves for the highest honors of their profession. The attendance on many lectures, each day, for nearly five months, requires a. Persistent mental effort; but, in addition to this, many students persevere in their studies, deep into the still hours of the night, reviewing what they have heard during the day. 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.