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Chapter 15

           Consideringthatstatisticshadnotyetembracedacalculationastothenumberofignorantorcantingdoctorswhichabsolutelymustexistintheteethofallchanges,itseemedtoLydgatethatachangeintheunitswasthemostdirectmodeofchangingthenumbers.Hemeanttobeaunitwhowouldmakeacertainamountofdifferencetowardsthatspreadingchangewhichwouldonedaytellappreciablyupontheaverages,andinthemeantimehavethepleasureofmakinganadvantageousdifferencetothevisceraofhisownpatients.Buthedidnotsimplyaimatamoregenuinekindofpracticethanwascommon.Hewasambitiousofawidereffect:hewasfiredwiththepossibilitythathemightworkouttheproofofananatomicalconceptionandmakealinkinthechainofdiscovery.

           DoesitseemincongruoustoyouthataMiddlemarchsurgeonshoulddreamofhimselfasadiscoverer?Mostofus,indeed,knowlittleofthegreatoriginatorsuntiltheyhavebeenliftedupamongtheconstellationsandalreadyruleourfates.

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