ON

THE PHYSICIAN HIMSELF

AND THINGS THAT CONCERN

HIS REPUTATION AND SUCCESS

BY

D. W. CATHELL, M.D.

THE TWENTIETH CENTURY EDITION

REVISED AND ENLARGED BY

THE AUTHOR AND HIS SON

WILLIAM T. CATHELL, A.M., M.D.

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND

PHILADELPHIA

F. A. DAVIS COMPANY, PUBLISHERS

Dedication..

THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE HAS TWO SIDES:

A GREATER, OR SCIENTIFIC, SIDE

AND

A LESSER, OR PERSONAL, SIDE.

THIS LITTLE BOOK IS AN ESSAY ON THE

LESSER, OR PERSONAL, Side,

AND IS

RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED

TO THE

YOUNGER MEMBERS OF OUR PROFESSION

AND

ALSO THE OLDER ONES

WHO HAVE PAUSED AT LESS THAN THE AVERAGE DEGREE OF
SUCCESS IN LIFE.

IN ADDITION: IF IT BE TRUE THAT, HOWEVER MUCH ONE KNOWS, SOMETHING LIES BEYOND, WE HOPE THAT NOT ONLY THEY, BUT ITS OLDER

AND WISER, AND EVEN ITS WISEST, READERS MAY

ALSO FIND IN IT SOMETHING OF VALUE.