Note 69 — Chapter XXVI
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A very early pupil of Abernethy's. Mr. Davis was many years in the army, and afterwards practised with great credit and success at Andover. Late in life, he retired to Hampstead, where he died at an advanced age, about four years since.
[70] The interesting letters of Mr. Wood and Mr. Stowe were placed beside each other, and, in selecting extracts, in the first edition, Mr. Stowe's name occurred in this place instead of Mr. Wood's—a mistake for which we beg these gentlemen to accept the assurance of our regret.
[71] Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, vol. xxvi.
[72] The name applied to the collateral branches which carry on the circulation when the main artery of limb is tied or obstructed.
[73] Locked-jaw.