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Excerpt from The Past, the Present, and the Future of the Medical Profession in the United States of America: Being a General Introductory to the Course of Lectures in the Third Session of the Kentucky School of Medicine
The fourth peculiarity of the present era came as a sort of expedient, that many supposed to be indispensable, and well calculated to remedy existing evils, if remedy were possible. We allude to conventions of physicians from every part of the United States, to be held annually in different places, for the avowed purpose of elevating the profession. Nor do we doubt that some who have embarked most heartily in this enterprise, have been moved by the best motives. Far be it from us to think otherwise. Yet there are too many living facts on record, to permit us for a moment to doubt, that very many of the primary agitators were governed by the most selfish considerations, not the least of which was a marked propensity to exonorate themselves from blame, and to criminate others who have demeaned themselves far more honorably in respect of the great professional interests with which they are identified.
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