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which I recall now with regret. | which I recall now with regret. | ||
Chapter | Chapter Ten | ||
Having completed the usual rotating internship | Having completed the usual rotating internship | ||
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a third year of training. Dr. Holmes had been | a third year of training. Dr. Holmes had been | ||
Chairman of the Department of Medicine when | Chairman of the Department of Medicine when | ||
I began my internship, he was also my | I began my internship, he was also my father's | ||
doctor and a great favorite in the estimation of | doctor and a great favorite in the estimation of | ||
both of my parents. "He's a great fellow," my | both of my parents. "He's a great fellow," my | ||
father said. "He knows just how to handle your | father said. "He knows just how to handle your | ||
father," retorted my mother, "and that's what | father," retorted my mother, "and that's what | ||
counts. He's a very distinguished looking | counts. He's a very distinguished-looking | ||
man, and a real Scotsman. It doesn't seem | man, and a real Scotsman. It doesn't seem | ||
to me, to hear him talk, that he's | to me, to hear him talk, that he's very | ||
happy | happy, and I don't get the impression, | ||
either, that he's very interested in his career | either, that he's very interested in his career | ||
as a doctor. He seems terribly independant." | as a doctor. He seems terribly independant." | ||
"He isn't very well. I was making | "He isn't very well. I was making | ||
rounds with him to-day and when we got | rounds with him to-day and when we got | ||
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so glad to see you." But I did not make that call an omission which I recall now with regret.
Chapter Ten Having completed the usual rotating internship and a medical residency, I was awarded the William Henry Holmes medical fellowship for a third year of training. Dr. Holmes had been Chairman of the Department of Medicine when I began my internship, he was also my father's doctor and a great favorite in the estimation of both of my parents. "He's a great fellow," my father said. "He knows just how to handle your father," retorted my mother, "and that's what counts. He's a very distinguished-looking man, and a real Scotsman. It doesn't seem to me, to hear him talk, that he's very happy, and I don't get the impression, either, that he's very interested in his career as a doctor. He seems terribly independant."
"He isn't very well. I was making
rounds with him to-day and when we got