Medical Students of the Period. By R. Temple Wright, M.D.
(Black- wood.)—With the exception of some parts, which deal with a painful if I not repulsive subject, this little book is worthy of much praise and general reading. Its sketch of the routine pursued at the various hospitals, of the course of study, the general run of patients, and the modes in which they are treated, may be taken as true to the life, and as corrective of some of the false reports under which students have suffered. Dr. Wright is of opinion that medical students work too hard to be dissipated. Their examinations become stiffer and stiffer every year. Early lectures must be attended, and some of the lecturers, not content with an audience, ask a number of questions on the subject- matter of the discourse. Doctors no longer translate "mbar° molliter' "to smoke quietly," deriving the Latin verb from the island of Cuba. They incur the displeasure of ladies by writing books on unpleasant subjects, one lady exclaiming indignantly that she never could have. expected a friend, who when young had been such a flirt., to write oar entozoa. Whether the ladies will approve of Dr. Temple Wright's book is of course beyond our power to determine. But if they can make up their minds to skip what is clearly out of their province, they will probably derive much amusement from the rest. We would gladly find room for some of the anecdotes told either of doctors, or patients, or children. But if we once began we should never stop, as Dr. Temple. Wright himself seems to find, for he is not content with new stories or apropos stories, but brings in some which are not to be referred to either head. This is indeed one of a doctor's privileges.
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