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meritorious on countless other counts. We 

 can discuss none of these, we can only men- 

 tion a few, to be taken as specimens and 

 reflected upon at your leisure. Unlimited 

 praise is due the medical fraternity for 

 things like the following: 



1. Wide knowledge of hygiene and wide 

 application thereof, partly preventing dis- 

 ease and partly healing without use of drugs 

 diseases which apparently cannot be pre- 

 vented. With this may be mentioned the 

 increase of temperance in eating and 

 drinking. It is estimated that in 1726 Great 

 Britain consumed six gallons of spirits a 

 head of the population as against one gallon 

 at present. 



2. Merciful reduction in the dimensions 

 of doses, the use of little pills instead of 

 big ones and the substitution of pellets and 

 lozenges for boluses. 



3. The elevation of medicine to scientific 

 rank, against the stubborn, incredible oppo- 

 sition of patients and their friends, who so 

 often prefer death upon old methods rather 

 than life and health by new ones. This 



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