Word: physician
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...does not want to be a physician enough to be so in spite of all hindrance, he ought not to be one at all. In medicine particularly a man is confined to his work, and he is unfortunate who cannot find his enjoyment in this work. While a physician should always have in mind the great object of the profession, - the doing of good to his fellowmen, - there is still to be regarded the aim of earning a livelihood. With this aim the world gets along better than if all men were distinguished philanthropists. Abroad, the profession is under supervision...
...great many evil results from athletic sports, effecting the heart, while others are of the opinion that their injurious influences have been much overrated. To begin with, not all who enter athletic sports have their hearts examined, and even when they do, it is very seldom that a physician is thoroughly satisfied with the examination he has made. But let us suppose our athlete has a sound heart. Let him be well fed with the proper kind of food, and be supplied with the proper kind of air; let his sleep be enough in quantity, and taken at the right...
...labor, in which they may not only find personal satisfaction, but also gain the gratitude and the esteem of their more unfortunate brother laborers, whose energies are wasted either in the practice of their profession, or in teaching to numskulls the elements of a noble science. A very eminent physician once said to a wealthy young man who was undecided whether to start a chemical factory or to follow up chemistry in a purely theoretical way, - "For Heaven's sake devote yourself to pure science; we need men like you, whose brains need not be split up in seeking...
...grieved to hear that the continued ill-health of Dr. Kuno Francke will not allow him to resume the direction of his courses at present. By the advice of his physician he is obliged to take a complete rest from work for several months. Two of the courses in which he has been so laborious and successful an instructor, may, perhaps, he omitted until his return. In his other courses some person will soon be appointed to take his place during his absence. The German department is greatly crippled by the temporary loss. Dr. Francke will be attended during...
...Cook's condition is said to be much better, and his physician says that the prospects of his final recovery are very favorable. - Yale News...