Excerpt from Annual Address Before the New-York State Medical Society: February 6, 1838 Leaving to the wisdom of the Legislature, matters over which we have no control, permit me to call your atten tion to some subjects relating to the practice of our pro fession, which the last few years have brought into no tice It is not my intention, on the present occasion, to enumerate the several improvements, which have of late years been made in the practice of physic and surgery; for, even if I possessed the ability to do so, the limits to which I am restricted, would not permit me. 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.