Excerpt from Nelson's American Lancet, Vol. 10: A Monthly Journal of Practical Medicine; October, 1854 Having made an engagement with Dr. West to accompany him to the' Hospital for sick Children. At 2 o'clock, I was compelled reluctantly to leave Dr. Murphy before he had completed the examination of all his patients - and I did so with, I trust, a full appreciation of his science as a physician, an'd the courteous hearing which distinguishes him as a gentleman. 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.