Medical Library and Historical Journal, Vol. 1

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Excerpt from Medical Library and Historical Journal, Vol. 1: April, 1903 There are few more beautiful tributes by any son to a father than the Letter to John Cairns, DD. And there are few lit crary remains which give us as clear an insight into the sources of the characteristics of their author. We see all the way through the description Of his childhood at the little country manse, the development of the quiet, strong, lovable nature of the writer and also his tendency to meditative melancholy, which, as he writes of his father was A condition under which he viewed all things and which quickened and intensified his sense of the suffering of the world and of the profound seriousness and mystery in the midst of which we live and die. When he was twelve years Old his father removed to Edin burgh. After graduating from the Edinburgh High School, the boy graduated from the Collegiate Department of Edinburgh Uni versity, and subsequently from the Medical School, receiving his degree of MD. In 1833. He was apprenticed, as was then the usual custom, during his medical studies to Mr. Syme, of whom he wrote afterwards that he was the best blessing of my professional and one of the best of my personal life, and he elsewhere referred to him as our greatest clinical teacher and wisest surgeon. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.