AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF CHARLES CALDWELL, M. D.



must as certainly fail as that falsehood must fail in the presence
of truth.
  In the year 1819, or thereabouts, Dr. Caldwell was induced to
remove west, and to connect himself with Transylvania Univer,
sity. Since that time, his name and fame have been the pride of
the Mississippi Valley. As a teacher in the Medical Department
of Transylvania University, and subsequently in that of the Louis-
ville University, his influence has been wide-spread, beneficent,
and lasting. He has done much, very much, to mould the pro-
fessional mind and character in the West and South, by the efforts
of his pen, by the eloquence and truth of his professional teachings,
and not the less by his own bright example, and by the charm and
grace of his manner in direct personal intercourse. It is under-
stood that he has been engaged at intervals, for some years past,
on memoirs of his life and times. The eventful scenes which he
has witnessed, and, it might be added, quorum magna pars fuit,
the important enterprises in which he has been engaged, and the
distinguished men with whom he has come in contact, will cause
these menloirs to be looked for with much interest. As they are
intended, however, to be posthumous, we trust that the period of
their publication is far distant, and that many years will elapse be-
fore the doctor's venerable form shall be missed from among us.



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