Autobiography of the Late Sir Benjamin C. BrodieLongmans, Green, and Company, 1865 - 187 pages |
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Page 58
... Home had made an arrangement by which I was to become house surgeon of the hospital in the following Midsummer , this being then , as it now is , an office held during twelve months by one of the better - informed students . At the end ...
... Home had made an arrangement by which I was to become house surgeon of the hospital in the following Midsummer , this being then , as it now is , an office held during twelve months by one of the better - informed students . At the end ...
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... Home was accustomed to give an annual course of twelve surgical lectures gratuitously to the pupils of the hospital . These were excellent , and I attended them , year after year , with great advantage . Altogether , I do not suppose ...
... Home was accustomed to give an annual course of twelve surgical lectures gratuitously to the pupils of the hospital . These were excellent , and I attended them , year after year , with great advantage . Altogether , I do not suppose ...
Page 62
... Home proposed to me that I should supply his place by assisting him in his private operations . I conclude that he thought that I should answer his purpose in this respect , but I know that he was partly led to do so by the cir ...
... Home proposed to me that I should supply his place by assisting him in his private operations . I conclude that he thought that I should answer his purpose in this respect , but I know that he was partly led to do so by the cir ...
Page 63
... Home also made some addition to my in- come , as I saw those of his patients who were disposed to have the advice of so young a man as I was while he was in the country for three weeks in September , and as I also received a few fees on ...
... Home also made some addition to my in- come , as I saw those of his patients who were disposed to have the advice of so young a man as I was while he was in the country for three weeks in September , and as I also received a few fees on ...
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... Home in his private opera- tions and on some other occasions , and to a still greater extent in his researches in comparative anatomy . In this latter employment I was associated a good deal with Mr. Clift , the con- 64 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ...
... Home in his private opera- tions and on some other occasions , and to a still greater extent in his researches in comparative anatomy . In this latter employment I was associated a good deal with Mr. Clift , the con- 64 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ...
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