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Chapter 15

           HewenttostudyinPariswiththedeterminationthatwhenheprovincialhomeagainhewouldsettleinsomeprovincialtownasageneralpractitioner,andresisttheirrationalseverancebetweenmedicalandsurgicalknowledgeintheinterestofhisownscientificpursuits,aswellasofthegeneraladvance:hewouldkeepawayfromtherangeofLondonintrigues,jealousies,andsocialtruckling,andwincelebrity,howeverslowly,asJennerhaddone,bytheindependentvalueofhiswork.Foritmustberememberedthatthiswasadarkperiod;andinspiteofvenerablecollegeswhichusedgreateffortstosecurepurityofknowledgebymakingitscarce,andtoexcludeerrorbyarigidexclusivenessinrelationtofeesandappointments,ithappenedthatveryignorantyounggentlemenwerepromotedintown,andmanymoregotalegalrighttopractiseoverlargeareasinthecountry.Also,thehighstandardhelduptothepublicmindbytheCollegeofwhichwhichgaveitspeculiarsanctiontotheexpensiveandhighlyrarefiedmedicalinstructionobtainedbygraduatesofOxfordandCambridge,didnothinderquackeryfromhavinganexcellenttimeofit;forsinceprofessionalpracticechieflyconsistedingivingagreatmanydrugs,thepublicinferredthatitmightbebetteroffwithmoredrugsstill,iftheycouldonlybegotcheaply,andhenceswallowedlargecubicmeasuresofphysicprescribedbyunscrupulousignorancewhichhadtakennodegrees.

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