Galen and Paracelsus

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Mr. President and gentlemen: As the agreeable duty has been assigned to me of offering to the Academy a paper this evening, I will venture to ask your attention, in the interval of more important business, to a brief sketch of two historical personages who may be considered as representing, each in his different way, two of the most remarkable phases of medical character.