Observations on M. Laennec's method of forming a diagnosis of the diseases of the chest by means of the stethoscope, and of percussion, and upon some points of the French practice of medicine / by Charles Scudamore.

  • Scudamore, Charles, 1779-1849.
Date:
1826
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    hour of seven, and deliver clinical lectures on the most interesting cases at nine. I was present at these lectures, both at the Hotel Dieu and at La Charite, and was much gratified with the ability displayed by M. Dupuytren at the former, and by M. Laennec at the latter hospital. In most of these abodes of sutfering, the sisters of charity exercise the kind office of superintending nurses, in which capacity, however, their humanity leads them to per- form various active duties. It is quite delight- ful to witness the benevolence of their disposi- tion, and the tender manner in which they pay their attentions to those under their pious care. How happily is the influence of religion here displayed, which can thus temper the mind to forego the pleasures of society, and even the common enjoyments of life, for a retirement, in which every hour and almost every moment, each E