[Letters to a student of medicine on his commencing practice, with a comparison of the conditions of naval, military, and private practitioners] / [John Strang].

  • Strang, John (Surgeon R.N)
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[1812]
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Credit: [Letters to a student of medicine on his commencing practice, with a comparison of the conditions of naval, military, and private practitioners] / [John Strang]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    67 to sooth and cheer him—to inspire confi¬ dence and composure by every expression of consolatory kindness; and by assiduous¬ ly ministering to his wants, to make him some compensation for those evils which cannot be remedied! You will thus be- come^ndeared to the men, and respected by the officers; and you will enjoy the ex¬ alted consciousness of having solaced the distress, and supplied the wants of those who depended upon you for comfort and recovery. It is by such conduct, also, that you will promote your own interest, and forward your promotion. You will acquire the good opinion of your captain, who, even if he should not possess much of the “ milk of human kindness ” himself, will be pleased to see it in one whom it so well becomes. You will, indeed, find the offi¬ cers of the navy extremely indulgent to the sick seamen, and ready to make any sacrifice for their accommodation. The cases that have come under my own ob¬ servation, furnish some of the most affect¬ ing instances of benevolence. With all their feelings alive to compassion, how