TO SIR ASTLEY COOPER, BART., F.R.S., SURGEON TO THE KING, AND TO GUY’S HOSPITAL, THE FOLLOWING PAGES ARE INSCRIBED BY HIS SINCERE FRIEND AND GRATEFUL PUPIL.
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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.
C. ASTON KEY.
18, St. Helen’s Place, April, 1824.