Excerpt from Fragments of Medical Science and Art: An Address Delivered Before the Boylston Medical Society of Harvard University
In looking back upon the brief period that has elapsed since I had the honor to be an immediate member of your society, I am reminded of a number of general inquiries for the investigation of which time and opportunity did not always serve. I have thought that in occupying your attention this evening with the consideration of some of the more prominent of these, I might here and there do something to level the path you are all soon to follow. I have added to these glances at science, a few remarks bearing upon our art. I am aware that individual views are liable to be tinged by the fancy, or distorted by the immediate atmosphere of the observer; but I believe they may contain something common to the convictions of all. I offer no farther introduction to the following remarks upon Medical Science and Medical Art.
The inductive method is grounded on the knowledge furnished by the senses. It teaches that the senses supply to us our only true conceptions of external objects, and that true science consists in the progressive generalization of these conceptions. This position is now obvious and undisputed.
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