Physic and Physicians, Vol. 1 of 2 PDF Download

Author: Forbes Winslow
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780260651303
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 220

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Excerpt from Physic and Physicians, Vol. 1 of 2: A Medical Sketch Book, Exhibiting the Public and Private Life of the Most Celebrated Medical Men, of Former Days; With Memoirs of Eminent Living London Physicians and Surgeons The men who commence their career under the mos't favourable auspices, and with the most flattering pros peets of success, do not always obtain the eminence they seek. The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong. There is a certain ordeal which all men must undergo in their passage through life; and it is very questionable whether he succeeds the best who com menees under the most apparently advantageous circum stances. There is such a thing as a man depending too much upon his means, and mo little upon himself - small certainties, it has been observed, are often the min of men. A celebrated English judge, on being asked what con. Tributed most to success at the bar, replied, Some suc oecd by great talent, some by high connexions, some by a miracle, but the majority by commencing without a shilling. The chapter on the Art of Getting a Practice, must be read in the spirit in which it is written. It is a satire on the stratagems and unprofessional conduct of a eer. Tain class of practitioners, anxious to advance their in tercets, and not over-scrupulous of the means they resort to, in order to effect their purposes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.