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Show WHO SAID A i 1 1 mil b llcvc i hat if (Jib v hole materia medicn could bo 'mik to ih-Itottoni ih-Itottoni ol tin sea II tvould be all the better i"i mankind end H 1 he worse for flic flafaCM." This r.iili.-i Muri ling siaiomonr is not from the Hps of any advocate of B new method of healing lut from the mouth of a conaervatlY physician SThoSS nante l known throughout through-out the length nnd breadth of the lulled states Dr. Oliver Oli-ver Wendell Holmes, The words of h lecture delivered before ihe students stu-dents Of the Hurvar.l Medical School, Of which Dr. Holme was one time professor of anatomy. 'liver Wendell Holmes Is perhaps better known as a writer than ns a physician. The Amor-rat of the Break-fast Break-fast Table" Is one of the best known prose works and he also wrote many poems. Among these are ihe familiar lines of the "Nautilus," which begins: This Is the ship of pearl Which poets feign Sails the unshadowed main. ,The venttirOUS hark that fling On the sweet summer wind its purpl'd wings Where curat reefs life har And mermaids rise to sun their treaming hair. The career of Holmes is interesting. to saj the least He began the study of law but he soon found that is was not to his liking and forsook a legal oareer for that of medicine. Ami while he continued his practise through life hf.js bet remembered as a writer. I Holmes died October 7, 1 S 4 . Wayne D McMurray. |