The Scottish Review, Volume 23A. Gardner, 1894 - Scotland |
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... regard to the two last , physiology and pathology , are in a continual state of advance and flux , so that the text books of ten years ago are antiquated to - day . The proper study of these implies a mind eager to question , and , if ...
... regard to the two last , physiology and pathology , are in a continual state of advance and flux , so that the text books of ten years ago are antiquated to - day . The proper study of these implies a mind eager to question , and , if ...
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... regard to money , to professional etiquette , and to a doctor's whole relation to his patient . A high standard was inculcated , and a good example was set . No doubt , one professor or lecturer would be at deadly feud with another ...
... regard to money , to professional etiquette , and to a doctor's whole relation to his patient . A high standard was inculcated , and a good example was set . No doubt , one professor or lecturer would be at deadly feud with another ...
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... regard to the all pervading spirit of original investigation and scientific enthusiasm among its teachers , and also in the social position of the profes- sion of Medicine . It taught men to practice Physic up to the standards then ...
... regard to the all pervading spirit of original investigation and scientific enthusiasm among its teachers , and also in the social position of the profes- sion of Medicine . It taught men to practice Physic up to the standards then ...
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... regard their best interests and those of their children . Certain public Boards are often crassly stupid in their proceedings in this matter . The prejudices , the ignorances , and even the superstitions of a barbaric age come in and do ...
... regard their best interests and those of their children . Certain public Boards are often crassly stupid in their proceedings in this matter . The prejudices , the ignorances , and even the superstitions of a barbaric age come in and do ...
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... regard to this important question . We lately heard of a member of a Parochial Board going round a poorhouse asking each pauper if he objected to be dissected after he died ! Logically , such a fool , if he dislocates his shoulder , has ...
... regard to this important question . We lately heard of a member of a Parochial Board going round a poorhouse asking each pauper if he objected to be dissected after he died ! Logically , such a fool , if he dislocates his shoulder , has ...
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Page 247 - A TROUBLE, not of clouds, or weeping rain, Nor of the setting sun's pathetic light Engendered, hangs o'er Eildon's triple height : Spirits of power, assembled there, complain For kindred power departing from their sight ; While Tweed, best pleased in chanting a blithe strain, Saddens his voice again, and yet again.
Page 174 - And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes.
Page 167 - For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and uf in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things; and we by him.
Page 174 - Even so ye also, when ye shall have done all the things that are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants; we have done that which it was our duty to do.
Page 236 - In politics, a bitter and unscrupulous partisan ; profuse and ostentatious in expense ; agitated by the hopes and fears of a gambler; perpetually sacrificing the perfection of his compositions, and the durability of his fame, to his eagerness for money...
Page 230 - I did so fast, that the last two volumes were written in three weeks. I had a great deal of fun in the accomplishment of this task, though I do not expect that it will be popular in the south, as much of the humor, if there be any, is local, and some of it even professional.
Page 237 - received several excuses, and the party was a small one ; " and, knowing all the people present, I was satisfied that " the writer of that novel must have been, and could have " been, no other than Walter Scott. " He spoiled the fame of his poetry by his superior " prose. He has such extent and versatility of powers in " writing, that, should his Novels ever tire the public, " which is not likely, he will apply himself to something " else, and succeed as well. " His mottoes from old plays prove...
Page 245 - And if they take my salaries of £1300 and £300, they cannot but give me something out of them. I have been rash in anticipating funds to buy land, but then I made from £5000 to £10,000 a year, and land was my temptation.
Page 118 - When I was a boy just turn'd of nine, My uncle sent for me, To hunt, and hawk, and ride with him, And keep him companie.
Page 230 - It was a very old attempt of mine to embody some traits of those characters and manners peculiar to Scotland, the last remnants of which vanished during my own youth, so that few or no traces now remain.