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ST. BERNARD’S THE ROMANCE OF A MEDICAL STUDENT
BY
ÆSCULAPIUS SCALPEL
“Ars Longa Vita Brevis.”
Parolles: Right; as ’twere a man assured of an——
Lafeu: Uncertain life, and sure death!
—All’s Well that Ends Well.
FOURTH EDITION.
LONDON:
SWAN SONNENSCHEIN & CO.,
PATERNOSTER SQUARE.
1888.
S Cowan & Co., General Printers, Perth.
CONTENTS.
PAGE
CHAPTER I.
The First of October 1
CHAPTER II.
The School of Anatomy 5
CHAPTER III.
In Students’ Lodgings 15
CHAPTER IV.
His ’Prentice Hand 20
CHAPTER V.
The Beadle and the Theatre 26
CHAPTER VI.
Jack Murphy’s Party 34
CHAPTER VII.
Nurse Podger 48
CHAPTER VIII.
Amongst the Out-patients 55
CHAPTER IX.
“Walking the Hospital” 60
CHAPTER X.
The New Morality 68
CHAPTER XI.
Tea and Anarchy 73
CHAPTER XII.
“Send for Father O’Grady” 88
CHAPTER XIII.
“The Soothing Idea of God” 94
CHAPTER XIV.
The Sacred Whole of Man 97
CHAPTER XV.
Science and Fashion 104
CHAPTER XVI.
Sowing Wild Oats 108
CHAPTER XVII.
The Lost Leader 113
CHAPTER XVIII.
An Epicure of Pain 116
CHAPTER XIX.
An Apt Pupil 123
CHAPTER XX.
The Professor at his Work 128
CHAPTER XXI.
“Taken In” 132
CHAPTER XXII.
How Elsworth Came to Himself 138
CHAPTER XXIII.
In Exile 147
CHAPTER XXIV.
The School of Humanity 152
CHAPTER XXV.
“What’s Become of Waring?” 157
CHAPTER XXVI.
Sister Agnes Revolts 164
CHAPTER XXVII.
“Another Patient, Sister!” 167
CHAPTER XXVIII.
Dr. Stanford with His Pupils 172
CHAPTER XXIX.
An Ideal Physician 176
CHAPTER XXX.
Sister Agnes Leaves St. Bernard’s 185
CHAPTER XXXI.
The Gospel at Work 188
CHAPTER XXXII.
The Rise of Nightingale Hospital 198
CHAPTER XXXIII.
Mrs. Podger becomes a Sybil 201
CHAPTER XXXIV.
Mr. Crowe Parleys with the Evil One 206
CHAPTER XXXV.
The Hobby of Dr. Sones 214
CHAPTER XXXVI.
Mr. Crowe at Granada 220
CHAPTER XXXVII.
Mildred Lee 230
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
Unearthed 239
CHAPTER XXXIX.
Mildred Finds Her Work 253
CHAPTER XL.
“Shod with Wool!” 260
CHAPTER XLI.
The Triumph of Mr. Mole 264
CHAPTER XLII.
The Bacillus of Love 272
CHAPTER XLIII.
Dr. Sones Succeeds 277
CHAPTER XLIV.
An Infant River 284
L’Envoi 286
ST. BERNARD’S.