Excerpt from Higher Education of Medical Men and Its Influence on the Profession and the Public: Being the Address Delivered Before the American Academy of Medicine, at Its Fifth Annual Meeting, Held at Providence, R. I., September 28, 1880 Has there been such an improvement in our system of teaching as to compensate for this lack of time? Evidently not. The only change from the old plan which might meet the increased demand is a careful grading of the classes. Yet, incredible as it may ap pear to One unacquainted with the facts, the student, with so brief a period at his disposal for the acquisition of so much knowledge, and of such a varied character, and generally with little previous training or habit of study to assist him, is required to listen to the same lectures, to see the same experiments, to oh serve the progress of diseases and their treat ment with the most advanced pupils, and even with graduates, who have already attained some proficiency in the practice of medicine. 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.