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Excerpt from Law and Intelligence in Nature: And the Improvement of the Race in Accordance With Law As medical men, we have a prominent position in relation to these great movements, and an important part to perform in the world's advancement. The name Physician indicates our proper relation to the physical sciences, and intimates, as our study and experience prove, that our knowledge should embrace the general laws of matter and force; and it must be true, that in proportion to the largeness of our conceptions of Nature, and our acquaintance with her varied processes, will be our ability to understand the principles of our profession and to perform its duties. I cannot, perhaps, better employ the hour assigned to this exercise, than to glance at a portion of the questions now occupying so much of the scientific mind of the world, and indi cate some of their applications to the benevolent objects of our profession. 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.