Excerpt from An Oration Delivered by Appointment Before the Medical Society of South-Carolina: At Their Anniversary Meeting on the 24th December 1809; And Published at Their Request I congratulate you on the arri val of the twentieth anniversary of our so. Ciety. On this day twenty years ago, some of the most eminent physicians of our City, combined to form a society, founded on the best principles for improvement in the science we cultivate, and for extensive usefulness in the relief of the sufferings of humanity. They succeeded in their attempt. T he society I now have the honour to address, was the result of their industry. We have reaped the fruit of their labours, and it is expected of us in our turn, that we should continue the work which they have begun, and petpe tuate their memories, by making this so ciety instructive to ourselves and useful to the community in which we live. 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.