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" The other medical officers concurred in this 

 diagnosis, but no one seemed ready to begin, when 

 a junior surgeon named Archibald Hair, seeing the 

 reluctance of his superiors to put their counsel to the 

 test, 'to win or lose it all,' came forward and said, 

 * It is a shame that lad should die for want of a 

 doctor ; even if he is a duke's son, and if nobody else 

 will do it, I will.' Accordingly, he venesected the 

 foot, and set up an outward flow of blood, and in a 

 few minutes the internal flow was staunched, and 

 the wounded officer's life was preserved. The bullet 

 remained in his body till death." 



It is needless to say that Dr. Hair, who by i his 

 presence of mind had thus saved his patient, made 

 for himself a lifelong friend and protector. He 

 was for many years a respected member of the 

 Goodwood household, and in that secure position 

 "he husbanded out his own life's taper to the 

 close." 



Dr. Hair was in every respect treated as a friend 

 of the family, and acted as private secretary to his 

 Grace. He was clever in his profession, and from 

 his skill I have often derived much relief. 



During Lord George Bentinck's era, when my 

 health and strength were completely overtaxed, Dr. 

 Hair always endeavoured to ascertain the exact 

 cause of his patient's sufi'erings, since, if it were 

 guessed at, the treatment might be wrong. He 



