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