On the antagonism between medicines and between remedies and diseases : being the Cartwright Lectures for the year 1880 / by Roberts Bartholow.

  • Bartholow, Roberts, 1831-1904.
Date:
1881
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Credit: On the antagonism between medicines and between remedies and diseases : being the Cartwright Lectures for the year 1880 / by Roberts Bartholow. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE ANTAGONISM BETWEEN MEDICINES, AND BETWEEN REMEDIES AND DISEASES. LECTURE I. HISTORY OF THE SUBJECT; PHYSICAL BASIS OF THE PRINCIPLE; OPIUM AND BELLADONNA. In this country, private beneficence, although vast in the extent of its exercise, is rarely directed to merely medical objects. There- fore, in opening this course of lectures, provided for under the be- quest of the late Mr. Cartwright, it behooves us to honor the memory of the founder. In this gift, precious indeed on account of its rar- ity, the medical profession is offered a new opportunity, when such opportunities are few, for honorable distinction. The possibilities of this benefaction are great. The opportunity stimulates to the acquisition of new truths, and encourages the growth of a medical literature. Benefits inure to the memory of the giver. Ilis name is perpetuated among the alumni of this great school, and they have it in charge to honor through all time. His benefaction is espe- cially celebrated annually, and he is enrolled among the philanthro- pists who, by a wise dispensation of their wealth, have sought to promote the good of their fellow-men. I esteem it a high honor to be called upon to inaugurate the