Excerpt from An Address Delivered Before the Medical Society of the State of New-York, and the Members of the Legislature, at the Capitol in the City of Albany, the 2d. Of February, 1820: On the Influence of the Mind Upon the Body in the Production and Cure of Diseases The Medical Profession throughout the state, is acquiring a distinctive character, honourable to our country. The Junior members evince a talent for research and improvement, not surpassed in any part of the world. 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.