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Title: St. Bernard's: The Romance of a Medical Student

Author: Edward Berdoe

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ST. BERNARD’S
 
THE ROMANCE OF A MEDICAL STUDENT

BY
ÆSCULAPIUS SCALPEL
“Ars Longa Vita Brevis.”
Parolles: Right; as ’twere a man assured of an——
Lafeu: Uncertain life, and sure death!
—All’s Well that Ends Well.
FOURTH EDITION.
LONDON:
SWAN SONNENSCHEIN & CO.,
PATERNOSTER SQUARE.
1888.
S Cowan & Co., General Printers, Perth.
CONTENTS.
PAGE
CHAPTER I.
The First of October 1
 
CHAPTER II.
The School of Anatomy 5
 
CHAPTER III.
In Students’ Lodgings 15
 
CHAPTER IV.
His ’Prentice Hand 20
 
CHAPTER V.
The Beadle and the Theatre 26
 
CHAPTER VI.
Jack Murphy’s Party 34
 
CHAPTER VII.
Nurse Podger 48
 
CHAPTER VIII.
Amongst the Out-patients 55
 
CHAPTER IX.
“Walking the Hospital” 60
 
CHAPTER X.
The New Morality 68
 
CHAPTER XI.
Tea and Anarchy 73
 
CHAPTER XII.
“Send for Father O’Grady” 88
 
CHAPTER XIII.
“The Soothing Idea of God” 94
 
CHAPTER XIV.
The Sacred Whole of Man 97
 
CHAPTER XV.
Science and Fashion 104
 
CHAPTER XVI.
Sowing Wild Oats 108
 
CHAPTER XVII.
The Lost Leader 113
 
CHAPTER XVIII.
An Epicure of Pain 116
 
CHAPTER XIX.
An Apt Pupil 123
 
CHAPTER XX.
The Professor at his Work 128
 
CHAPTER XXI.
“Taken In” 132
 
CHAPTER XXII.
How Elsworth Came to Himself 138
 
CHAPTER XXIII.
In Exile 147
 
CHAPTER XXIV.
The School of Humanity 152
 
CHAPTER XXV.
“What’s Become of Waring?” 157
 
CHAPTER XXVI.
Sister Agnes Revolts 164
 
CHAPTER XXVII.
“Another Patient, Sister!” 167
 
CHAPTER XXVIII.
Dr. Stanford with His Pupils 172
 
CHAPTER XXIX.
An Ideal Physician 176
 
CHAPTER XXX.
Sister Agnes Leaves St. Bernard’s 185
 
CHAPTER XXXI.
The Gospel at Work 188
 
CHAPTER XXXII.
The Rise of Nightingale Hospital 198
 
CHAPTER XXXIII.
Mrs. Podger becomes a Sybil 201
 
CHAPTER XXXIV.
Mr. Crowe Parleys with the Evil One 206
 
CHAPTER XXXV.
The Hobby of Dr. Sones 214
 
CHAPTER XXXVI.
Mr. Crowe at Granada 220
 
CHAPTER XXXVII.
Mildred Lee 230
 
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
Unearthed 239
 
CHAPTER XXXIX.
Mildred Finds Her Work 253
 
CHAPTER XL.
“Shod with Wool!” 260
 
CHAPTER XLI.
The Triumph of Mr. Mole 264
 
CHAPTER XLII.
The Bacillus of Love 272
 
CHAPTER XLIII.
Dr. Sones Succeeds 277
 
CHAPTER XLIV.
An Infant River 284
 
L’Envoi 286
ST. BERNARD’S.