American practice of surgery : a complete system of the science and art of surgery . ed just and general ideas of the nature of a dis-ease will seldom be at a loss how to apply them on particular occasions; and, tohim who wants those ideas, no rules or directions will be of much concluded his introductory lecture as follows: As to those gentlemenwho will neither read nor reason, but practise at a venture, and sport with thelives and limbs of their fellow-creatures, I can only, with Dr. Huxham, advisethem seriously to peruse the sixth commandment, which is, Thou shalt notkill. Im
American practice of surgery : a complete system of the science and art of surgery . ed just and general ideas of the nature of a dis-ease will seldom be at a loss how to apply them on particular occasions; and, tohim who wants those ideas, no rules or directions will be of much concluded his introductory lecture as follows: As to those gentlemenwho will neither read nor reason, but practise at a venture, and sport with thelives and limbs of their fellow-creatures, I can only, with Dr. Huxham, advisethem seriously to peruse the sixth commandment, which is, Thou shalt notkill. Immediately on the close of the war the third pioneer medical school wasorganized. This was the Medical Department of Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass., established in 1782. The plan adoptedwas that of the foreign schools, anatomy andsurgery being united in the same John Warren, who was the chief promoterof the school and whose lectures on anatomybefore the students of Harvard had attractedmuch public attention, was appointed the pro-fessor of anatomy and Fig. 2.—John Warren (1753-1815). John Warren (1753-1S15) was born in Rox-bury, , on the 27th of July, 1753. He wasa younger brother of Gen. Joseph Warren, a sur-geon, who fell at the battle of Bunker Hill. June17th, 1776. He was educated at Harvard Col-lege, which he entered at the age of fourteen. Hethen began the study of medicine with his l)rother,and on receiving his degree he located in Salem at the age of twenty years. Like hiselder brother, Josejih, Dr. John Warren was an ardent patriot, and joined ColonelPickerings regiment as a volunteer, and marched to the defence of the militarystores at Concord. He was j^resent at the first l^attle at Lexington. He was after-ward attached to the main army under the immediate command of General Wash-ington. He was at many important battles, as that on Long Island, at Princeton,and his ser\ices were highly apjDreciated by the Commander-in-Chief. Afte
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