The Place of Specialism in General Practice, with Reference to Diseases of the Eye, Ear, Throat, and Naso-Pharynx

with reference to the morbid conditions of the ear, throat, and naso-pharynx. It is not without considerable diffidence that I make this further demand on your time and attention, fully conscious that I have no new facts or observations to offer for your consideration; that however attractive the study of these diseases may have been to myself, it cannot be expected that many of you will regard them from the same point of view; and well aware that since the reading of the former essay an excellent postgraduate course has been established in connexion with this Medical School, where every facility has been afforded for acquiring a practical acquaintance with the diseases referred to; and, Sir, I am especially diffident when I remember what is due to the position and experience of the great majority of the Members of the Medico-Chirurgical Society. But to those who, like myself, have been unable to profit by primary teaching or post-graduate courses, I trust the discussion which follows may not only prove not uninteresting, but stimulate a desire towards the study of a class of diseases which have too long remained a sealed book to