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46 A PHYSICIANS MEMORANDA.
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measurefor _tlie toils and disappointments which are the physieian ? s lot . The , almost proverbial intimacy that exists between doctor
and patient , enables the former to see tlie human heart more entirely in its undisguised state ; and from tlie commencement of his
career , the physician is forced to distinguish the artificial gloss and tinsel of social distinctions from the warmth and reality of the real
man . The aspects under which the physician views life are more often
grave than gay . The same probably holds good of all thoughtful observers of mankind . But a peculiar mystery is supposed to be
associated with the physician ' s memoranda , inasmuch as they are rarel chosen y broug to regard ht before the human the public bod , y and and because all that the concerns public inscrutable has its health always and y
or morbid manifestations , rather as something abhorrentthan as the subject that of all others claims their study and devout , attention . No quotation is more frequently abused
than " the noblest study of mankind is man , " for in no sphere of human knowledge is ordinarily so much taken for granted , and
sowho many have wild travelled hypotheses throug started h all as domains scientific of facts science , by but men that and of women their
own physical constitution . read "What ers who lady have botanist taken , and a degree doubtless in that there lovel are y science many — among -what lad our y
Ibotanist would think she could argue about the habits and distinction of her ferns or her geraniums by simply dwelling on their
observation exquisite form in and an elegantl brilliant y color arranged , and ball discussing -room ? their Would merits she after not
under forms deem , it the and necessary guidance investigate to of examine a with tutor care the or the a flower tutorial different in m its anual structures manifold ? Would and of the graceful she plant not
Insi thus , ht from into a simp the le generic knowled characters ge of the individual before she , proceed thought to a herself fuller
qualified g to express a serious opinion on the most suitable treatment of her humble friends ?
gether It is unnecessary incompatible , that with the the nature usages of of society the and human , and wives , bod we y think should should , alto be
running disp anatomiz layed e any in a the flower risk same of ; woundin way but befor without g e genuine our hurting sister delicacy s a sen , the sitiv fundamental as e we mind , or be
facts regarding man ' s constitution and structure may well _Tbrought to the knowledge of women . "With the data means which and *
we appliances be now enabled within to every understand body's reach the , the wonderful leading adaptation by of , / structure may to function be learntwithout going through those
pass painful throug processes h in order which may to the qualif medical y himself , man for will the at all sterner times duties have of
tohis Bu profession t enough of these desultory remarks . We have ventured to
46 A Physicians Memoranda.
46 A _PHYSICIANS MEMORANDA .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1862, page 46, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031862/page/46/
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