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SKETCHES
FROM
THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE
Ancient and Modern.
AN ORATION
DELIVERED BEFORE
THE HUNTERIAN SOCIETY,
at the london institution,
ON THE 13TH FEBRUARY, 1867,
BY
Wm. SEDGWICK SAUNDERS, M.D.
LICENTIATE OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, EDINBURGH.—VICE-PRESIDENT
OF THE HUNTERIAN SOCIETY.—TREASURER TO THE NEW SYDENHAM SOCIETY.—
EXAMINING PHYSICIAN TO THE EAST INDIAN—SCINDE AND DELHI—BOMBAY
AND BARODA—GREAT SOUTHERN OF INDIA—CALCUTTA AND SOUTH EASTERN
—AND OUDE AND ROHILKUND RAILWAY COMPANIES.—MEDICAL OFFICER
TO THE CITY OF GLASGOW LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION AND THE
METROPOLITAN FIRE BRIGADE, &c.—AUTHOR OF THE “CAUSES
AND PREVENTION OF CHOLERA” AND “REPORTS ON
CHOLERA IN THE CITY OF LONDON, 1866.”
PRINTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE COUNCIL.
For Private Circulation.
LONDON:
PRINTED BY M. & W. COLLIS. 50, BOW LANE, CHEAPSIDE, E.C.
1868.