THE FOLLOWING PAGES ARE INSCRIBED BY HIS SINCERE FRIEND AND GRATEFUL
PUPIL.
In selecting the Name that graces the head of this page, I am influenced,
not only by feelings as a surgeon, to render a slight tribute to
unrivalled professional reputation, but also by gratitude for the many
acts of friendship I have personally received at his hands.
Educated under his eye, I am proud to acknowledge, that I consider myself
indebted to his professional instructions, and to his excellent advice,
for whatever information and advancement I possess; and I am sensible,
that in no way more satisfactory to him can I repay his kindness, than by
unceasing labor in a science which it is his constant study to improve,
and by endeavours to attain a respectable character in a profession of
which he constitutes the brightest ornament.