Excerpt from An Oration Delivered Before the Philadelphia Medical Society: February 19, 1831 I must therefore beg your permission to wander from the oft trodden track, to select from the innumerable objects for meditation which our profession affords, one which will be worthy of your attention, and of the occasion which has called us together. The subject on which I propose to address you concerns our own well-being. It has reference to the preservation of health, which is justly said to be the source of all earthly blessings. Without it, life would be insipid and valueless. 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.