1785-1909: Daniel Drake and His Followers; Historical and Biographical Sketches

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Harvey Publishing Company, 1909 - Physicians - 496 pages
 

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Page 180 - I know nothing that could, in this view, be said better, than " do unto others as ye would that others should do unto you...
Page 279 - Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark! And may there be no sadness of farewell, When I embark; For tho' from out our bourne of Time and Place The flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face When I have crossed the bar.
Page 49 - Philadelphia, be, and shall be, for ever hereafter, persons able and capable in law, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended...
Page 52 - Principles and Practice of Surgery, Theory and Practice of Medicine, Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children...
Page 68 - ... journeyings by night, on the water and on the land, while struggling through the matted rushes where the Mississippi mingles with the Gulf, or camping with Indians and Canadian boatmen under the pines and birches of Lake Superior, the image was still my faithful companion, and whispered sweet words of encouragement and hope. I bided my time; and after twice doubling the period through which Jacob waited for his Rachel, the united voice of the trustees and professors has recalled me to the chair...
Page 187 - ... increasing classes, and with a spirit of activity and perseverance that hardly knew any bounds, it should at length have exhausted the patience, and even the forbearance of its founders. What, however, contributed more, perhaps, than anything else, to its immediate downfall, was the resignation of Dr. Parker, who, in the summer of 1839, accepted the corresponding chair in the College of Physicians and Surgeons of the city of New York, an institution...
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Page 83 - Discourse, or reasoning. 5. Byron, seeing Moore eating an underdone beefsteak, asked if he were not afraid of committing murder after such a meal.
Page 175 - Old is made a Knight, He should have been a Lord by right: For then each lady's prayer would be — O Lord, good Lord, deliver me.
Page 464 - ... place. When the revolutionary storm commenced its fury he exchanged his amputating knife for a sword. His noble bearing and skill in military tactics attracted the attention of Washington. He was soon promoted to the grade of lieutenant-colonel and rendered important service in the capture of Burgoyne. At the close of the war he resumed the practice of medicine at Medford. He became major-general of militia and commanded the military that put down the insurrection in Massachusetts in 1786.

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