Excerpt from A Discourse Commemorative of the Late William E. Horner, M.D., Professor of Anatomy: Delivered Before the Faculty and Students of the University of Pennsylvania, October 10, 1853Another year has passed: today is the annual opening of the courses of medical instruction in this Institution. We are assem bled for that ceremonial, but I shall not address you, as on former occasions, on matters in connection with my chair. Another topic claims attention, not altogether inappropriate, and I hepe will prove neither uninteresting nor unprofitable.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.