Medical sociology : a series of observations touching upon the sociology of health and the relations of medicine to society / By James Peter Warbasse.

  • James Peter Warbasse
Date:
1909
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Credit: Medical sociology : a series of observations touching upon the sociology of health and the relations of medicine to society / By James Peter Warbasse. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    where he got them, but he said that he was taking them to his Sunday school. He loves his children and grandchildren. He recognizes children as our best teachers. The responsibilities which they bring make us bet- ter. They teach us self-denial and considera- tion for others. He says that children are the real missionaries that are redeeming the world. He is one of the boys with the boys. I saw him once with three grandchildren on his back, playing in the very middle of the day, and his wife threatened with apoplexy from laughter; and I happened to know that at that time there were four peo]Dle trying to find him. When he is not in his office his servants know that he is not in; and when he is occupied with his family he is just as occupied as though he were with the sick. He recognizes his duty to them and to himself, and he claims that it makes him a better doctor. By doing well by the well he is better able to do so by the sick. He has a gar- den full of flowers, a house full of happiness, and a heart full of love for all the things in nature. The curious part of it is that each day in the seven is the same, and he has never taken a vacation because he needed it. The work of this good man is among all