The profession of medicine : its study, and practice ; its duties, and rewards / by Charles West.

  • West, Charles, 1816-1898.
Date:
1896
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Credit: The profession of medicine : its study, and practice ; its duties, and rewards / by Charles West. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    he is about to enter. If possible, however, he should first take a good long holiday, and visit, if he can, the medical schools of France and Germany; partly to improve his knowledge of the languages, and partly to learn some special things, for which the opportunities are greater than in England. At any rate, rest and change he must have, for little of either will fall to his lot hereafter; and, if his pecuniary means are limited, he can get both in medical charge of some merchant ship, or of one of Messrs. Cook's excursion steamers. Foreign travel of some sort gives more refreshment, and yields more improve- ment, than can be obtained in any other way.