The chirurgical candidate, or, Reflections on education indispensable to complete naval, military and other surgeons : the manner of obtaining an appointment in either service is shewn; remarks on the most eligible, and their several advantages ... and on various subjects / by Charles Dunne.

  • Dunne, Charles
Date:
1808
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    across his nose*, or a stammering or murdering every word he labours to expressf! A good deli- very and an amiable disposition, are necessary ingredients to complete the medical gentleman* He will frequently, in his professional capacit^, be obliged to condole with and solace his patients m ugh hf )? and not a]ways drench w.th baskets of draughts, pills, and boluses. Attention to dress, and very particularly to pair of epaulettes on his shoulders, the circumference of which if measured, would about tally with his height WW , for uniform! * What a farming figure eve#rAve?rr?ent,eman' ^ ^ a^ salification what- ho pita His ^7 T ^ BaVal mediCal SC-iCe hospital. His eyes have long since failed to perform their office and pectacles themselves have denied him assistance. An attemp a lately made to have him superannuated, at the particular request of certan, inspector of hospitals: Spectacles, however, keeps his ground, ; e ht a7 rrtai;ly thc baidness °f his pate - «™«*^ gne him a fair claim for superannuation. t Ason of ^sculapius, who has been for the last sixty years employed «the navy army, and private practice: unluckily, however, it is too evident he has made but a poor progress in hi, career, he is yet an hos- pital mate, grey in the service, and likely, very likely to continue in his present state. Indeed it cannot be wondered at when we reflect how difficult he finds it to make himself understood; he is often ten minutes endeavouring to express one sentence, and after all what he does say is unintelligible. Surely this to a man in the last stage of illness must be truly painful; besides the delay occasioned thereby, when perhaps the instant use of medicine is required. t Dr. Harness, a commissioner for sick and wounded seamen, &c. is conspicuous for urbanity and elegance of manners, and justly en- titled to every eulogy of mine : he has a generous heart and a nobl. soul.