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Force of Ciliary Motion

1876; Massachusetts Medical Society; Volume: 95; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1056/nejm187608100950602

2331-4710

H. P. Bowditch,

Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications

large abatement in the public mind of that reverence with which the ed- ucated physician and his prescriptions were once regarded, yet his claims to confidence had steadily augmented, and the profession, as a body, had never stood on so lofty an eminence for knowledge and integrity as then.In the spirit of this belief he acted from that time as long as he lived.Without anger or irritation, but with firmness and decision which carried weight, he argued and reasoned with his patients and the laity as to the folly and falsehood of the " isms " of the day in medicine.He was most thorough and clear in his own belief, and never swerved, whatever re- puted authority supported this or that pretender or his cause.He de- tested imposture, in or out of the profession, and was ever ready to lend his aid fearlessly for its exposure.He had an innate respect for true science, and passed no more enjoyable hours than at the meetings of the Thursday Evening Club.His family always looked forward with pleas- ure to the clear and graphic accounts he gave them at the breakfast- table, the next morning, of what he had seen and heard among his scientific friends.His religious belief was that of his father, and he was a devoted member of the Protestant Episcopal Church, working with bis pastors at old Trinity and St. Paul's.This is not, of course, the place to speak of