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Excerpt from S. Weir Mitchell Physician, Man of Science, Man of Letters, Man of Affairs The Weir Mitchell Oration was established by the College of Physicians of Philadelphia in an amendment to the Ordinances and By-Laws adopted December 2, 1914: "This triennial Oration shall have for its subject the life and work of Weir Mitchell in their various aspects, or the relation of the physician to public life, or the physician in science and letters, or broad considerations of psychiatry and neurology, or surgery and military surgery in relation to morbid conditions and wounds and injuries of the brain and nervous system, or of scientific research, or medical books and libraries, or medical history and biography, and shall be, so far as possible, of general as well as professional interest." 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.