The hospital pupil, or, An essay intended to facilitate the study of medicine and surgery : in four letters. I. On the qualifications necessary for a youth intended for the profession of medicine or surgery. II. On the education of a medical student, improved course of hospital studies, &c. III. Directions for the prosecution of hospital studies, according to the present system of medical education. IV. Hints on entering into practice, on medical jurisprudence, &c. / by James Parkinson.

  • Parkinson, James, 1755-1824.
Date:
1800
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Credit: The hospital pupil, or, An essay intended to facilitate the study of medicine and surgery : in four letters. I. On the qualifications necessary for a youth intended for the profession of medicine or surgery. II. On the education of a medical student, improved course of hospital studies, &c. III. Directions for the prosecution of hospital studies, according to the present system of medical education. IV. Hints on entering into practice, on medical jurisprudence, &c. / by James Parkinson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    events of the most lamentable nature may be the consequence of adopting the opinion of the most judicious; and that notwithstand- ing advice may be delivered with the most de- licate caution, yet some degree of responsibi- lity will, though unjustly, weigh on him who may thus have striven to serve a friend. * Indeed should some distressful events, im- possible to have been the subject of human foresight, follow the advice he has given, and manifest the fallibility of human judgment, he may, indeed, escape verbal reproach ; yet will he, at least, be exposed to the mortifica- tion of beholding, that he has, though inno- cently, marked the brow of a friend with de- jection and care. But are such offices of friendship to be therefore withheld ?—Most certainly not. file, beyond a doubt, is the most valuable friend, who spares not himself, it the sacrifice be necessary for the man he esteems. Who, prizing the happiness of his friend beyond, even, the continuance of his friendship, scruples not to offer that advice, which