PREFACE.
The Opinion, that Subjects for the HUNTERIAN ORATION would soon be exhausted, is, in the Judgment of the Author, unfounded.
If Inquiry were made for Topics of Discourse for the 14th of February, the Hunterian Collection would afford a boundless Choice of Subjects, in the Illustrations there displayed of the simple Laws of the animal Economy, in the Formation and Functions of Organs; and in the Signs of Aberration of Actions, from Injury or Disease. And if Inquiry were extended to the Nature, and the Order of Advancement of anatomical, physiological, and pathological Knowledge; and to Improvements in the Art and Science of Surgery, since the Huntertan Era; such a Field of Objects would be presented as would embarrass Endeavours for Selection. �
