Dives and Lazarus, or, The adventures of an obscure medical man in a low neighbourhood / [William Gilbert].

  • William Gilbert
Date:
1858
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Credit: Dives and Lazarus, or, The adventures of an obscure medical man in a low neighbourhood / [William Gilbert]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    behaviour to my female patients was always respectful, without the slightest timidity, while my attention to the children was unremitting as well as patient. Thus I had gained the goodwill of all the parents; besides which many of the officers were men of education, and evidently sympathised with me, and took my side in the dispute. The day at last came, and I started ior Calcutta, carrying with me the good wishes of many, and the ill-feeling of no one but the colonel, whose contempt for me had in no way abated Ii reciprocity be natural to man, I certainly had no right to object to that sentiment on his part. , I remained some months at Calcutta, ami my funds were diniiiiishing rapidly, when I made the acquaintance of a rich merchant from Ceylon, who was on the point of proceeding to China. He was a great invalid, and finding that he required the attendance of a medical man daily, I offered him my services in that capacity My proposition was readily accepted He was most liberal, and I by no means avaricious ; so that, in less than an hour, everything was satisfactorily arranged, and we left Bengal the next week for Canton. Prom China we proceeded to Ceylon, where my friend and. patient possessed a large coffee plantation. I remained with him, and assisted him in its manage- ment, occasionally, as his transactions required making voyages with him. After I had been liis constant attendant for twelve years, death separated us, and, as soon as his affairs were wound up, I proceeded with my savings, which amounted to about nine hundred pounds, to Australia, where I engaged in slieep-farming. Things continued to prosper, but an uncontrollable desire to practise my own profession induced me to leave my farm to the management of an agent*. I purchased a piece of ground, close to the new j- established colony of Melbourne, built a cottage, and recommenced my profession with moderate success,
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