This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1854 Excerpt: ...attended by the judges, and the lord ma or, and the aldeI-men, and all the other great and wonderful personages of the country. There, in the Court of Chancery, he publicly accepted the oflice of Lord Protector. Then he was sworn, and the City sword was handed to him, and the seal was handed to him, and all the other ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1854 Excerpt: ...attended by the judges, and the lord ma or, and the aldeI-men, and all the other great and wonderful personages of the country. There, in the Court of Chancery, he publicly accepted the oflice of Lord Protector. Then he was sworn, and the City sword was handed to him, and the seal was handed to him, and all the other things were handed to him which are usually handed to Kings and Queens on state occasions and handed back again. When Oliver had handed them all back, he was quite made and completely finished off as Lord Protector; and several of the Ironsides preached about it at greatlength, all the evening. THE MODERN PRACTICE OF PHYSIC. Nmnznous intro ductory lectures were delivered in the various hospitals of London on the first and third days of October, at the commencement of the winter session. I have been reading them, and desire leave, as an apothecary of the world, to add one more lecture to the number. Prelections to the student let there always be. Fill his mind with a sense of the duties he will take upon himself when he becomes practitioner of physic. But I am very strongly of opinion that there is an oration due also to the patients upon whom he is hereafter to practise, and I ask permission forthwith to discharge the debt. Ladies and gentlemen, the lecture-rooms of the medical schools in this metropolis are now filled with oung men well or ill pre aredy for study; holpleful or carel)ess, sensible or s' y; who will 'by very different paths arrive at the privilegp of bleeding, blistering or andaging dyour-persons. Respectable indivi uals 'who are hereafter to select for themselves doctors from among these young men, will make their choice. Every one of them will, I have no doubt, take care to place himself or herself in fthe hands of...
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