Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lecture on Medical Obedience, Introductory to the Course of Theory and Practice of Medicine in the Medical Department of Pennsylvania College, Philadelphia, for the Session of 1845-46 Let' us spend a few moments together in a practical consideration of these imperative words. They were spoken by one, lowly in spirit, who did himself that which he meekly ordered others to do. During the whole of his manhood, until his death, this Benefactor of mankind went about and healed the sick. 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.