Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- PART I THE SELECTED ORATIONS
- The Most Revd the Metropolitan ANTHONY of Sourozh (1996)
- Margaret ATWOOD (2001)
- Susan Jocelyn BELL BURNELL (1996)
- Quentin Saxby BLAKE (2004)
- Hans Martin BLIX (2007)
- The Rt Hon. Betty BOOTHROYD (1994)
- Peter Robert Lamont BROWN (2004)
- Sir George Adrian Hayhurst CADBURY (1994)
- Louis CHA (2005)
- Avram Noam CHOMSKY (1995)
- Elias James COREY (2000)
- Ann COTTON (2007)
- John Philip William DANKWORTH (2004)
- Ray Milton DOLBY (1997)
- Clifford GEERTZ (1997)
- Antony Mark David GORMLEY (2003)
- Sir John Bertrand GURDON (2007)
- Jürgen HABERMAS (1999)
- Sir Peter Reginald Frederick HALL (2003)
- Sir David HARE (2005)
- David HOCKNEY (2007)
- Gurdev Singh KHUSH (2000)
- KIM Dae-jung (2001)
- Sir Aaron KLUG (1998)
- Dame Cleo LAINE (2004)
- David Kellogg LEWIS (2001)
- Nelson Rolihlahla MANDELA (1996)
- Sir Arthur Gregory George MARSHALL (1996)
- Jonathan Wolfe MILLER (1996)
- Stroud Francis Charles (Toby) MILSOM (2003)
- Gordon MOORE (1999)
- Sir Nevill Francis MOTT (1994)
- Sadako OGATA (1999)
- Sheila Doris OVERHILL (1999: Hon. MA)
- Bridget Louise RILEY (1995)
- Sir Denis Eric ROOKE (2000)
- The Hon. Miriam Louisa ROTHSCHILD (1999)
- David RUBIO (2000: Hon. MA)
- Dame Sheila Patricia Violet SHERLOCK (1995)
- Dame Margaret Natalie Cross SMITH (1994)
- Sir Tom STOPPARD (2000)
- Sir John Edward SULSTON (2003)
- Aung San SUU KYI (1998)
- Dame Kiri TE KANAWA (1997)
- Sir Keith Vivian THOMAS (1995)
- Muriel Claire TOMALIN (2007)
- The Most Revd Desmond Mpilo TUTU (1999)
- Helen Hennessy VENDLER (1997)
- Sir Bernard Arthur Owen WILLIAMS (2002)
- The Most Revd and Rt Hon. Rowan Douglas WILLIAMS (2006)
- Sir Colin Alexander St John WILSON (1999)
Dame Sheila Patricia Violet SHERLOCK (1995)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 May 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- PART I THE SELECTED ORATIONS
- The Most Revd the Metropolitan ANTHONY of Sourozh (1996)
- Margaret ATWOOD (2001)
- Susan Jocelyn BELL BURNELL (1996)
- Quentin Saxby BLAKE (2004)
- Hans Martin BLIX (2007)
- The Rt Hon. Betty BOOTHROYD (1994)
- Peter Robert Lamont BROWN (2004)
- Sir George Adrian Hayhurst CADBURY (1994)
- Louis CHA (2005)
- Avram Noam CHOMSKY (1995)
- Elias James COREY (2000)
- Ann COTTON (2007)
- John Philip William DANKWORTH (2004)
- Ray Milton DOLBY (1997)
- Clifford GEERTZ (1997)
- Antony Mark David GORMLEY (2003)
- Sir John Bertrand GURDON (2007)
- Jürgen HABERMAS (1999)
- Sir Peter Reginald Frederick HALL (2003)
- Sir David HARE (2005)
- David HOCKNEY (2007)
- Gurdev Singh KHUSH (2000)
- KIM Dae-jung (2001)
- Sir Aaron KLUG (1998)
- Dame Cleo LAINE (2004)
- David Kellogg LEWIS (2001)
- Nelson Rolihlahla MANDELA (1996)
- Sir Arthur Gregory George MARSHALL (1996)
- Jonathan Wolfe MILLER (1996)
- Stroud Francis Charles (Toby) MILSOM (2003)
- Gordon MOORE (1999)
- Sir Nevill Francis MOTT (1994)
- Sadako OGATA (1999)
- Sheila Doris OVERHILL (1999: Hon. MA)
- Bridget Louise RILEY (1995)
- Sir Denis Eric ROOKE (2000)
- The Hon. Miriam Louisa ROTHSCHILD (1999)
- David RUBIO (2000: Hon. MA)
- Dame Sheila Patricia Violet SHERLOCK (1995)
- Dame Margaret Natalie Cross SMITH (1994)
- Sir Tom STOPPARD (2000)
- Sir John Edward SULSTON (2003)
- Aung San SUU KYI (1998)
- Dame Kiri TE KANAWA (1997)
- Sir Keith Vivian THOMAS (1995)
- Muriel Claire TOMALIN (2007)
- The Most Revd Desmond Mpilo TUTU (1999)
- Helen Hennessy VENDLER (1997)
- Sir Bernard Arthur Owen WILLIAMS (2002)
- The Most Revd and Rt Hon. Rowan Douglas WILLIAMS (2006)
- Sir Colin Alexander St John WILSON (1999)
Summary
IECUR si quis penitus cognitum habere dicatur, aut haruspex aut Apicius quidam, ficato gauisus, putetur audire. sed ‘hariolos, haruspices, mitte omnis:’ haec femina ‘non hariolans ut illa cui nemo credidit sed coniectura prospiciens’ inter uisa et coniecta artiores aliquanto nexus petit; Apicius autem iecur quod huic curae esset potius gigneret quam comesset.
nam per annos iam plus L, ex quo nomismate aureo donata pro opere de morbis iecinoris ad medicinae doctoris gradum conscripto ab Vniuersitate Edinensi Londinium migrauit, studia iecinoris et bilis tam discipulis quam libro (iam nouiens sua manu edito), tam remediis datis quam rationibus excogitatis ita promouet et adiuuat ut unius in aeuo morbi quem ήπαττιν uocant pars maior e gentibus fieri possit ut omnino expellatur, nec fere quisquam his rebus studeat cui non huius praeualuerit auctoritas. etenim fere prima uiuentis hepatici iecur acu longa tenuissima terebrata pupugit, cuius per tubulum altera etiam tenuiore et hamata immissa offam quam inspiceret excerpsit. sic rursus dat signa iecur, at multo certiora, patiturque Prometheus uulnera, at multo salutariora.
nulla prior medicinam est femina professa; nulla in collegio Regali Medicorum prior praesedit censor, nulla prior pro praeside; omnium consensu dux est hepatologiae, et cum omnibus laboris operaeque suae communicat gaudium.
praesento uobis Ordinis Excellentissimi Imperi Britannici Dominam Commendatricem, in Vniuersitate Londinensi Medicinae Professorem Emeritam,
SHEILA PATRICIAM VIOLETAM SHERLOCK
SOMEONE said to take a keen interest in liver might be thought to be either an ancient reader of entrails or a gourmet who relishes foie gras. Soothsayers and their ilk may be dismissed at once.
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- Cambridge Orations, 1993–2007A Selection, pp. 78 - 79Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009