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E. Polynesia, an old parrot.F. a series of small, cross, black or white dogs called

Psyche.

3.-Churches:

In what churches or churchyards will you find :A. An epitaph to Robert Thomas Crosfield M.D.

(d. 1802) composed by himself:" Beneath this stone Tom Crosfield liesWho cares not now who laughs or cries.He laughed when sober and when mellowWas a harum-scarum heedless fellowHe gave to None designed OffenseSo Honi Soit qui mal y pense."

(Middlesex)B. A stained-glass window to a local doctor with

pictures of aconite, cinchona, deadly nightshade,eucalyptus, foxglove, poppy, and saffron.

(Essex)C. A wooden rail to the memory of a man " who lost

his life in a WHIRLWIND at the GREAT WESTERNRAILWAY STATION, ..." in 1840.

(Berkshire)D. Mediaeval stone carvings depicting lumbago;

sciatica; stomach-ache; and toothache.(East Riding)

E. A graffito reading: " Primarius pestis Mt. CCCFirst Juni Ano ". (The beginning of the pestilencewas in June in the year 1300.)

(Herts)F. An epitaph to a woman of 29: " But when Nerves

were too delicately spun to bear the rude Shakes andJostlings which we must meet with in this Transi-tory World, Nature gave way. She sunk and died aMartyr to Excessive Sensibility."

(Oxfordshire)

4.-Sayings and Writings:Ascribe the following sayings or writings to their

authors-i.e., Dr. John Fothergill; Florence Nightin-gale ; Robert Burton; Dupuytren; Sir Stephen Paget;Osler.A. (In an address to students) " I wish you therefore,

young man, early in your career, a serious illness, oran operation, or both."

B. " Many that did ill under physicians hands, havehappily escaped, when they have been given overby them, left to God and Nature, and themselves."

C. " Unless the British public is enlightened enoughto pay the doctors for their knowledge and not fortheir drugs, the medical profession will be a baseand not a distinguished one."

D. " My dear, never marry a physician; if he has littleto do he may become distressed; if much, it is avery uncomfortable life for his companion."

E. " I see no rebels [in my hospital]; I see onlywounded."

F. " The desire to take medicine is one feature whichdistinguishes man from the lower animals. Thisis one of the most serious difficulties with whichwe have to contend."

5.-Unusual doctors:

Which of the following doctors: Anthony AddingtonM.D.; Sir Astley Cooper; Dr. Messenger Monsey;Hugh Smithson; Girolamo Cardano or Jerome Cardan;Sydenham,A. used to extract his own teeth by attaching a bullet

to them with catgut and firing it out of a pistol ?B. became the only medical Duke ?

C. objected to fighting a duel with any physician whohad not graduated at Oxford or Cambridge ?

D. was a contemporary of Benvenuto Cellini and wrotean equally self-revealing autobiography ?

E. was a distinguished surgeon of the early 19th cen-tury ; had a strong Norfolk accent; always referredto the " prostrate " gland; and addressed his pupilsas

" Genelmen ! " ?

F. advised reading " Don Quixote " as the best courseof study for a medical student ?

6.-Here and There:

A. Of " The Thousand " who went to liberate Sicilywith Garibaldi in 1860, how many were doctors ormedical students ? 150, 100, 50, 25 ?

B." England’s ingratitude still blotsThe scutcheon of the brave and free.I saved you from a million spotsAnd now you grudge one spot to me."

To what famous doctor do these lines from Punchrefer and on what occasion ?

C. " It is still the humane custom of physicians andeminent surgeons not to accept fees from curates,half-pay officers of the army and navy, and men ofletters." When was this written ?

D. What hospital was governed until the NationalHealth Service Act by Letters Patent issued in thefirst half of the 16th century ?

E. Fill the blank in: " Louis Philippe brought fromEngland to Palermo twenty-two xxxxx-xxxxxxx andtwenty-four housemaids."

F. " Altogether boy he got um plenty senake he stopalong inside bell’ belong boy, he kaikai bell’, bluthe come, he kaikai blut. Blut belong boy himkaikai belong senake." This extract from a healtheducation lecture deals with what disease ? Inwhat country ? In what dialect ?

N. M. G.

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