On the education and conduct of a physician / by Sir Henry Halford, bart.

Date:
1834
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Credit: On the education and conduct of a physician / by Sir Henry Halford, bart. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    Ess. XI.] OF A PHYSICIAN. stamp of one defect, (to adopt Hamlet's phrase,) he must do his best to correct this— His virtues, else, Be they as pure as grace. As infinite as man can undergo, Shall, in the general censure, take corruption From that particular fault—Hamlet. He should possess a heart, though firm enough to encounter appalling scenes, yet full of sensibility and tenderness ; one which shall respond quickly to the feelings of another, and so be likely to conciliate the sick man's confidence and attachment. Nor is this kind and tender feeling utterly in- compatible with an unpolished manner- We have seen it united with a homely carriage, yet succeed in more than one memorable instance in our own time. But I would rather state it, that their powerful acquire- ments had made these estimable persons succeed, not by a bad manner, but in spite of it. This it is important to impress upon