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ST. BERNARD’S
THE ROMANCE OF A MEDICAL STUDENT
BY
ÆSCULAPIUS SCALPEL
“Ars Longa Vita Brevis.”
Parolles: Right; as ’twere a man assured of an——
Lafeu: Uncertain life, and sure death!
—All’s Well that Ends Well.
FOURTH EDITION.
LONDON:
SWAN SONNENSCHEIN & CO.,
PATERNOSTER SQUARE.
1888.
S Cowan & Co., General Printers, Perth.
CONTENTS.
PAGE CHAPTER I. The First of October 1 CHAPTER II. The School of Anatomy 5 CHAPTER III. In Students’ Lodgings 15 CHAPTER IV. His ’Prentice Hand 20 CHAPTER V. The Beadle and the Theatre 26 CHAPTER VI. Jack Murphy’s Party 34 CHAPTER VII. Nurse Podger
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class="c010">CHAPTER XVIII. An Epicure of Pain 116 CHAPTER XIX. An Apt Pupil 123 CHAPTER XX. The Professor at his Work 128 CHAPTER XXI. “Taken In” 132 CHAPTER XXII. How Elsworth Came to Himself 138 CHAPTER XXIII. In Exile 147 CHAPTER XXIV. The School of Humanity 152 CHAPTER XXV. “What’s Become of Waring?” 157 CHAPTER XXVI. Sister Agnes Revolts 164 CHAPTER XXVII. “Another Patient, Sister!” 167 CHAPTER XXVIII. Dr. Stanford with His Pupils
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href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@46431@[email protected]#Page_172" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">172 CHAPTER XXIX. An Ideal Physician 176 CHAPTER XXX. Sister Agnes Leaves St. Bernard’s 185 CHAPTER XXXI. The Gospel at Work 188 CHAPTER XXXII. The Rise of Nightingale Hospital 198 CHAPTER XXXIII. Mrs. Podger becomes a Sybil 201 CHAPTER XXXIV. Mr. Crowe Parleys with the Evil One 206 CHAPTER XXXV. The Hobby of Dr. Sones 214 CHAPTER XXXVI. Mr. Crowe at Granada 220 CHAPTER XXXVII. Mildred Lee 230 CHAPTER XXXVIII. Unearthed 239
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CHAPTER XXXIX. Mildred Finds Her Work 253 CHAPTER XL. “Shod with Wool!” 260 CHAPTER XLI. The Triumph of Mr. Mole 264 CHAPTER XLII. The Bacillus of Love 272 CHAPTER XLIII. Dr. Sones Succeeds 277 CHAPTER XLIV. An Infant River 284 L’Envoi 286
ST. BERNARD’S.