Excerpt from Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Oregon State Medical Society, Vol. 11: Held in Portland, May 27, 28 and 29, 1884 You represent one Of the noblest professions that can en gage human efi'ort, for in the darkest hour of disease it may be yours to inspire hope; in the perilous moment Of disaster your skill may be the arm to save. As physicians or as sur geons you stand upon the same firm base - common sense, human experience and scientific research. Hand in hand our twin-sister professions approach the bed-side of the 'feeblest infant, the most delicate lady or' the athletic frame Of the foundryman, and thus through the day and night, sunshine and storm, inspired by the lovely genii of medicine, you have gone in the discharge of your duty, curing diseases, relieving the distressed, giving rest to the Weary, eyes to the blind, and hope to the disconsolate. 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.