Medical rhymes : a collection of rhymes of ye anciente time ... / selected and compiled from a variety of sources by Hugo Erichsen ; with an introduction by Willis P. King.

  • Hugo Erichsen
Date:
1884
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Credit: Medical rhymes : a collection of rhymes of ye anciente time ... / selected and compiled from a variety of sources by Hugo Erichsen ; with an introduction by Willis P. King. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    That he might know all he had power to find In voiceless nature, that could bless mankind. Be this your purpose as you say farewell, And pass beyond your Alma Mater’s bell; Pursue the laws of Truth, where’er they lead, Tho’ roads be rough, and feet may sometimes bleed, Tho’ friends deride, and angry zealots plead; Who knoAvs but Tnith herself, in some near day, ]\Iay drop, AAuth folded Aving, along your Avay, And in your hand the golden key of knoAvledge lay. Then struggle on, and on, with all the zeal you can. Your motto, “Love to God—Love to your fellow-man.” NOEL. A CHRIST.AIAS ANACREONTIC. Bring me turtle here in boAvls! Bring me turbot, bring me soles! Turkey, too, and dainty chine. Balls of sausage-meat combine; Tipsy-cake and Roman punch; Of plum-pudding a good hunch, With mince-pies, both brandy sauced. Bring—the list I can’t exhaust— Bring them all! and Avhen you do. Bring the nearest doctor, too! — Ohio Medical Recorder.