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Published: 2015-06-24
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Excerpt from The Canadian Journal of Medicine and Surgery, 1918, Vol. 44 Unfortunately, the old Adam seems to have become dominant in some of its members or coteries, and trouble has arisen which only time, patience and statesmanlike diplomacy will settle. The passwords to the new order of things are self-denial, charity and co-operation. The welfare of the Academy, and the reputation of some of its Fellows have been endangered by the recent episode, and some active efforts should be made to re-establish respect and confidence in its conduct and in that of its membership. The Academy must not be allowed to degenerate into a Kilkenny cat club. A layman was visiting an asylum recently. Astonished at the impunity of himself and his guide (one of the guards), he inquired if the latter was not afraid of being overpowered by an attack of some of the inmates. "Oh, no," replied he; "there's no danger of that; they're crazy; they don't know enough to get together." Several years ago, one of our leading surgeons, when visiting a certain town to operate, was obliged always to take an anesthetist with him. Owing to the bad spirit among the profession in the town, there was difficulty in securing one man to assist another. A young practitioner settled in the place. After sizing up the situation, he called on all the other doctors and later invited them to dine with him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.