Show 0 A h 4 00 ry apa 4 0 I 1 it AI F e I 1 hu 0 Phila delpo DR S WEIR MITCHELL octogenarian NOVELIST AND POET it TV TY OINE years ago a young 11 in philadelphia published s book entitled researches alpon tho the anoni of 0 the snake that was the fit it book of dr S 8 weir mitchell distin neurologist but more known as a novelist one of hie his latest borics the comfort of the cliffis in JIM evidently baa bag nothing to do with rattlesnakes it was wa 4 not until isato that dr mitchell after having published many valuable works on medical topics became a novelist since then be he baa has written a score of novels and several volumes of verse for more than sixty years dr mitchell has been a medical practitioner specializing in nervous disease lie ta is a member of many scientific and literary societies la in america and europe ill 1 activities both professional and literary continuo cont inu to be a matter of amazement to his big frienda friends dr mitchell at the age of eighty two et at writes wonderful stories |