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practice. I had the pleasure of making the acquaintance 

 of both gentlemen, and was indebted to them for many 

 civilities. 



I accompanied Dr Warren to-day to the hospital, and 

 was present during the performance of several successful 

 operations under the influence of the etherising agent. 

 That which is preferred by Dr Warren is what is called 

 chloric ether a mixture of alcohol and chloroform. 



This hospital of Boston differs from most of our 

 public institutions of the kind, in having sets of rooms 

 for paying patients. These looked very comfortable ; 

 and very respectable people are in the habit of occupying 

 them. For a handsome room, board, and all attendance, 

 ten dollars a- week was the rate of charge. 



My stay in Boston happened to be during the time of 

 the excitement caused by the murder of Dr Parkman, 

 and the trial of his murderer, Dr W^ebster. I therefore 

 willingly accompanied Dr Warren to the medical school, 

 and to the class-room of Dr Webster. This school is the 

 medical branch of the university at Harvard, and is 

 attended by about one hundred and thirty students. Dr 

 Warren has been a great benefactor to it, having pre 

 sented to the museum his large anatomical collections ; 

 and the late Dr Parkman was another of its liberal 

 friends. 



I was on a subsequent occasion indebted to Dr 

 Warren for the opportunity of inspecting the enormous 

 and unique skeleton of the Mastodon found at Newburg, 

 in New York, which is in his possession. It is nearly 

 twelve feet high is most complete, almost every bone 

 being preserved, arid its parts are admirably put together. 

 The tusks are fourteen feet in length, and the animal, 

 when alive, is estimated to have weighed nine tons.* 



* A ton and a half is about the heaviest weight to which the largest 

 of our high-bred bulls is ever fed. 



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