INTRODUCTORY LECTURE

TO THE CLASS

OF THE

FEMALE MEDICAL COLLEGE,

OF PENNSYLVANIA.

DELIVERED AT THE OPENING OF THE

Tenth Annual Session, Oct. 19, 1859,

BY

ANN PRESTON, M. D.

PROFESSOR OF PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE.

PHILADELPHIA:

A. KETTERLINUS, Printer, N. É. Corner Third and Race Sts.

1859.

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FACULTY.

ANN PRESTON, M. D.

Professor of Physiology and Hygiene.

EDWIN FUSSELL, M. D.

Professor of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children.

SYLVESTER BIRDSELL, M. D.,

Professor of the Principles and Practice of Medicine.

EMELINE H. CLEVELAND, M. D.

Professor of Anatomy and Histology.

AND

Demonstrator of Anatomy.

M. SEMPLE, M. D.,

Professor of Chemistry and Toxicology.

F. L. OTTO ROHRIG, M. D.

Professor of Materia Medica and General Therapeutics.

REYNELL COATES, M. D.,

Professor of Surgery.

EDWIN FUSSELL, M. D., Dean,

627 Arch Street.

CORRESPONDENCE.

Ann Preston, M. D.

DEAR MADAM-On behalf of the Managers of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania, we respectfully request a copy of your late Introductory Lecture, for publication.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 2, 1859.

A. D. MORRISON,

MRS. R. G. STOTESBURY, COMMITTEE.

A. D. Morrison and Mrs. R. G. Stotesbury.

DEAR FRIENDS-In compliance with your request, I place my Introductory

Address at your disposal.

Truly yours,

315 Marshall Street, Nov. 3, 1859.

ANN PRESTON.