Abstract

It is not without emotion that I rise to address this learned assembly. I know indeed that I am addressing men who are not my fellow citizens, but among them are some, the children of our old French nation, who have the same mother tongue as we; they speak from childhood our beloved French language; they are therefore a little more than my fellow citizens, for they are my compatriots, and I feel myself animated by a truly fraternal affection for them, and as to my English colleagues they have given us evidence of so much good will and of a courtesy so delicate that I need make no great effort to assure them of my gratitude. In one word, although a stranger I seem to be among friends. I am somewhat troubled also because I am addressing medical men and I am speaking before a medical congress. Now, although

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