Life of Dr. John Reid : late Chandos professor of Anatomy and Medicine in the University of St. Andrews / by George Wilson.

Date:
1852
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Credit: Life of Dr. John Reid : late Chandos professor of Anatomy and Medicine in the University of St. Andrews / by George Wilson. 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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    seventy corpses at the same time in the dead-house. You sometimes meet in the streets carts piled up with coffins, even to the number of fifty upon one cart, proceeding to the place of interment.” In the close of his letter he announces his purpose of leav- ing Paris next day, and making a pedestrian tour, along with some medical friends, through Switzer- land, before returning home. He enjoyed this tour greatly, but his pleasure was marred by the reflec- tion that he had undertaken the journey without consulting his father, and that it involved him in unexpected expense. The following letter referring to, this journey bears three dates,—the first being the 23d, the last the 27th May 1832. It was written from Ostend. “ Mr Dear Father,—Though this letter is dated from the Netherlands, yet I intend to put it in the post-office at London myself. I am obliged to wait here three flays before I can find a vessel to carry me to London, arid 1 thought that I could not employ part of my time better than in writing to you, so that I will be able to put it in the post- office immediately upon my arrival at London, for I am afraid you will be perhaps anxious to hear from me, as the five weeks 1 mentioned as the time you might expect to hear from me is now on the point of expiring. 1 am now completely satisfied with travelling, and will return home quite satisfied with what I have [seen.] It is now time for me to think of more serious occupations, and now 1 bid farewell to all trifling. 1 have spent the five weeks since leaving Paris very agreeably, except that occasion-