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THE SURGEON OF THE DEER FOREST 
" In the Forest and on the moor there is a mighty 
Doctor before whom the greatest physicians and 
surgeons in the world must bow down. Nature 
acting in a pure air on an absolutely healthy 
subject will work wonderful cures. ... It seems 
marvellous that the broken leg of an animal so 
restless as a stag should heal, but it is the case. 
. . . Such a wound will heal and the animal 
ultimately be little the worse for it." 
Such are the words, in his book Wild Sport 
with Gun, Rifle, and Salmon Rod, of Mr. Gilfrid 
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