“Fort Smith, being the place of my longest stay, was the scene of my largest medical practice.”
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At each of these northern posts there were interesting experiences in store for me, as one who had read all the books of northern travel and dreamed for half a lifetime of the north and that was - almost daily meeting with famous men.
I unfortunately had a lot of medical procedures throughout my life, so I decided to paint all of my surgeries as a way to heal and as a way to grow.
Finish last in your league and they call you idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you doctor.
The physician's highest calling, his only calling, is to make sick people healthy - to heal, as it is termed.
