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“…a broad range of sciences…”

This is really the thrust of the entire address, and Moultrie discourses on each discipline at length.

“Introductory Address Delivered at the Opening of the Medical College of the State of South-Carolina,” James Moultrie, Jr., p. 4. The address was later printed as a pamphlet, and the copy I found was located at the Waring Historical Library in Charleston, South Carolina.

“…far ampler opportunities…”

“Introductory Address Delivered at the Opening of the Medical College of the State of South-Carolina,” James Moultrie, Jr., pp. 14-15. The address was later printed as a pamphlet, and the copy I found was located at the Waring Historical Library in Charleston, South Carolina.

“…his brilliant introductory lecture…”

SIMS, J. Marion, (1885). The Story of my Life, ed. by H. Marion-Sims. D. Appleton & Co: New York, p. 117.

“Slavery was an evil…”

Dickson later published two essays on slavery that were combined and published as a single tract. It’s not certain, though it’s likely, that the general tone that struck Sims as memorable in 1834 would resemble the essays published a decade later.

Remarks on Certain Topics Connected to the General Subject of Slavery, S. Henry Dickson, Charleston, Observer Office Press, 1845, p. 4.

“…the slave is a fallen creature.”

Remarks on Certain Topics Connected to the General Subject of Slavery, S. Henry Dickson, Charleston, Observer Office Press, 1845, p. 9.

“…as insecure as the beasts he hunts…”

Remarks on Certain Topics Connected to the General Subject of Slavery, S. Henry Dickson, Charleston, Observer Office Press, 1845, p. 9.

“…was not civilizable…”

Remarks on Certain Topics Connected to the General Subject of Slavery, S. Henry Dickson, Charleston, Observer Office Press, 1845, p. 12.

“As with women and children…”

Remarks on Certain Topics Connected to the General Subject of Slavery, S. Henry Dickson, Charleston, Observer Office Press, 1845, p. 5.

“…a white despot for a black one.”

Remarks on Certain Topics Connected to the General Subject of Slavery, S. Henry Dickson, Charleston, Observer Office Press, 1845, p. 9.

“…his natural insecurity…”

I’m summarizing here the entire thrust of Dickson’s argument, if it can be called that.

Remarks on Certain Topics Connected to the General Subject of Slavery, S. Henry Dickson, Charleston, Observer Office Press, 1845, pp. 10-11.

“…brought surgery to Charleston…”

Williams, S. W., & Thacher, J. (1845). American medical biography, or, Memoirs of eminent physicians: Embracing principally those who have died since the publication of Dr. Thacher's work on the same subject, p. 605.

“…having studied in New York…”

Williams, S. W., & Thacher, J. (1845). American medical biography, or, Memoirs of eminent physicians: Embracing principally those who have died since the publication of Dr. Thacher's work on the same subject, p. 603.

“He spent a year as a dresser…”

Williams, S. W., & Thacher, J. (1845). American medical biography, or, Memoirs of eminent physicians: Embracing principally those who have died since the publication of Dr. Thacher's work on the same subject, p. 604.

“…a bust of Dr. John Hunter…”

Williams, S. W., & Thacher, J. (1845). American medical biography, or, Memoirs of eminent physicians: Embracing principally those who have died since the publication of Dr. Thacher's work on the same subject, p. 605.

“…the story of the tooth…”

Wagner would surely have been aware of one of Hunter’s more celebrated cases.

“John Hunter and Experimental Surgery,” Cecil Wakeley, Hunterian Oration delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, February 14, 1955, pp. 77-78.

“In 1826…”

Williams, S. W., & Thacher, J. (1845). American medical biography, or, Memoirs of eminent physicians: Embracing principally those who have died since the publication of Dr. Thacher's work on the same subject, p. 606.

“…collection of specimens…”

Williams, S. W., & Thacher, J. (1845). American medical biography, or, Memoirs of eminent physicians: Embracing principally those who have died since the publication of Dr. Thacher's work on the same subject, p. 606.

“…a man’s arm at the shoulder…”

Williams, S. W., & Thacher, J. (1845). American medical biography, or, Memoirs of eminent physicians: Embracing principally those who have died since the publication of Dr. Thacher's work on the same subject, p. 606.