The Young Doctor Should Look About Early

There Is No More Difficult Art To Acquire Than The Art Of Observation, And For Some Men It Is Quite As Difficult To Record An Observation In Brief And Plain Language.

Few Diseases Present Greater Difficulties In The Way Of Diagnosis Than Malignant Endocarditis, Difficulties Which In Many Cases Are Practi- Cally Insurmountable. It Is No Disparagement To The Many Skilled Physicians Who Have Put Their Cases Upon Record To Say That, In Fully One-half The Diagnosis Was Made Post Mortem.

There Is No More Potent Antidote To The Corroding Influence Of Mammon Than The Presence In The Community Of A Body Of Men Devoted To Science, Living For Investigation And Caring Nothing For The Lust Of The Eyes And The Pride Of Life.

Engrossed Late And Soon In Professional Cares, Getting And Spending, You May May So Lay Waste Your Powers That You May Find, Too Late, With Hearts Given Away, That T Here Is No Place In Your Habit-stricken Souls For Those Gentler Influences Which Make Your Life Worth Living.

It Cannot Be Too Often Or Too Forcibly Brought Home To Us That The Hope Of The Profession Is With The Men Who Do Its Daily Work In General Practice.