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bitious heart, all your attempts will fail ; 

 your honour will be grievously sullied, 

 and you will prepare for yourself the fire 

 of hell, which can no more be put out 

 than it can be explained in words. For 

 Christ says to His disciples: "Ye call 

 me Lord and Master, and ye do well." 

 Whoever, therefore, takes to himself a 

 title of honour, should be careful to see 

 whether he does well, whether he does 

 not arrogate to himself too much, more 

 than he knows or has learned, which 

 would be an abuse of the title. Who 

 ever calls himself a Doctor of both 

 branches of Medicine must be skilled 

 alike in internal and external pathology ; 

 he should also know anatomy, which 

 teaches the constitution of the human 

 body, and the part in which every 

 disease originates and is localized. He 

 must know the remedies which are 

 applicable to the several varieties of 

 disease, and the peculiar conditions of 

 external wounds. Good God ! If an 

 examination were held on these points, 

 how many doctors of both branches of 



