Word: doctors
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...doctor then proceeded to take up the various kinds of baths and to show when and by what kind of persons they should be used. A person of delicate health who takes but little exercise should not bathe frequently, not more than twice a week, but a man who is almost constantly exercising needs a bath at least once a day, sometimes oftener. In regard to a cold bath in the morning, the lecturer spoke at some length. A great many evil effects are caused by these baths, such as neuralgia and headaches, for persons who have been without...
...offer in defence the evidence that an individual member of the corps of teachers made the promise, and furthermore that the agreement for this brief term of study was not in accordance with the regulations of the State board of health. The question at once arises how long a doctor who would offer a diploma for twelve months' study of medicine will be permitted to serve as an instructor in a medical college...
...afternoon, from four to six, and the worst time of all, the early morning before breakfast. The custom in the rural districts of rising about four A. M. and working several hours before breakfast, especially when but a light supper is taken the night before, is, in the doctor's opinion, simply barbarous, as the body is in the very worst condition possible. During his college course he was one of the members of a boat crew which, while in training, was accustomed to run six miles before breakfast, and the breaking up of the constitutions...
...street - "Why, that man was your chum at college, and you were always inseparable, now you pass him with a cool bow. Has any dispute occurred?" "Oh, no; we dearly love each other still, but it would not look well to show it. I have become a doctor, and he has become an undertaker...
...firmly believes that much time can be and is wasted by the manner in which they are taught. He would have the instruction of our colleges touch practical life more closely, and so far as this the advocates of English and scientific education have found a lively champion. The doctor declares that most college students cannot write a plain hand, compose a creditable letter or "cipher" in fractions, and that they are deficient in observation. He wants more chance for the English rudiments which made Washington, Franklin, Jackson and Lincoln...