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Chapter 15

           Ononepointhemayfairlyclaimapprovalatthisparticularstageofhiscareer:hedidnotmeantoimitatethosephilanthropicmodelswhomakeaprofitoutofpoisonouspicklestosupportthemselveswhiletheyareexposingadulteration,orholdsharesinagambling-hellthattheymayhaveleisuretorepresentthecauseofpublicmorality.Heintendedtobegininhisowncasesomeparticularreformswhichwerequitecertainlywithinhisreach,andmuchlessofaproblemthanthedemonstratingofananatomicalconception.Oneofthesereformswastoactstoutlyonthestrengthofarecentlegaldecision,andsimplyprescribe,withoutdispensingdrugsortakingpercentagefromdruggists.Thiswasaninnovationforonewhohadchosentoadoptthestyleofgeneralpractitionerinacountrytown,andwouldbefeltasoffensivecriticismbyhisprofessionalbrethren.ButLydgatemeanttoinnovateinhistreatmentalso,andhewaswiseenoughtoseethatthebestsecurityforhispractisinghonestlyaccordingtohisbeliefwastogetridofsystematictemptationstothecontrary.

           Perhapsthatwasamorecheerfultimeforobserversandtheorizersthanthepresent;weareapttothinkitthefinesteraoftheworldwhenAmericawasbeginningtobediscovered,whenaboldsailor,evenifhewerewrecked,mightalightonanewkingdom;andabout1829thedarkterritoriesofPathologywereafineAmericaforaspiritedyoungadventurer.Lydgatewasambitiousabovealltocontributetowardsenlargingthescientific,rationalbasisofhisprofession.

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