Lives of Eminent American Physicians and Surgeons of the Nineteenth Century

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Samuel David Gross
Lindsay & Blakiston, 1861 - 836 páginas

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Página 668 - Shakspeare, that, take him for all in all, we shall not look upon his like again.
Página 134 - Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls : Who steals my purse, steals trash ; 'tis something, nothing ; 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands : But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed, Oth.
Página 43 - By thine Agony and bloody Sweat ; by thy Cross and Passion ; by thy precious Death and Burial ; by thy glorious Resurrection and Ascension ; and by the coming of the Holy Ghost, Good Lord, deliver us.
Página 59 - That very law* which moulds a tear, And bids it trickle from its source, That law preserves the earth a sphere, And guides the planets in their course.
Página 609 - Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts; shut not thy merciful ears to our prayer; but spare us, Lord most holy, O God most mighty, O holy and merciful Saviour, thou most worthy Judge eternal, suffer us not, at our last hour, for any pains of death, to fall from thee.
Página 324 - York, as their medical department, under the name of the College of Physicians and Surgeons In the City of New York.
Página 489 - This hospital is now crowded with officers and soldiers from the field of battle ; those belonging to the British and Hessian troops, are accommodated in the same hospital with our own men, and receive equal care and attention. The foreigners are under the care and management of their own surgeons. I have been present at some of their capital operations, and remarked, that the English surgeons perform with skill and dexterity...
Página 672 - Sciences, which he continued to edit for many years. The Journal was undertaken with liberal views, the doctor never receiving any salary for his services. He was subsequently an occasional contributor to diff'erent periodicals.
Página 186 - Do not flatter me with vain hopes ; I am not afraid to die, and, therefore, can bear the .worst.
Página 489 - ... dexterity, but the Germans, with a few exceptions, do no credit to their profession ; some of them are the most uncouth and clumsy operators I ever witnessed, and appear to be destitute of all sympathy and tenderness towards the suffering patient. Not less than one thousand wounded and sick are now in this city ; the Dutch church, and several private houses, are occupied as hospitals. We have about thirty surgeons and mates ; and all are constantly employed. I am obliged to devote the whole of...

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