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Book Synopsis The Hering Quarterly; Devoted to Hahnemannian Homeopathy Volume 1, No. 4 by : Anonymous
Download or read book The Hering Quarterly; Devoted to Hahnemannian Homeopathy Volume 1, No. 4 written by Anonymous. This book was released on 2013-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 edition. Excerpt: ... The Hering Quarterly. VOL. I. BATAVIA, ILL., FEBRUARY, 1909. NO. 4 JEbitoriaU DR. HENRI C. ALLEN. The announcement of the death of Dr. H. C. Allen, on Friday, January 22d, caused profound sorrow. For a week or so, Dr. Allen had complained of a little tension in the region of his heart, but apparently did not at first consider it a serious matter. During that last two weeks, however, he had been very busy with unusually severe cases. One confinement case went into eclampsia; another had to be rushed to the hospital for Cassarian Section, and so on. All this, with frequent breaking of his rest at night, and the responsibility of the College, would have taxed very sex-iously the strength of many a younger man. On Friday, January 22d, he was too busy to stop for lunch, but took merely a cup of chocolate, and went on with his work. He visited the College about 5 p. m., and after prescribing for his cases in the hospital next door, went to his home. On the way, he said that he was unusually weary. When he arrived at home about 6 p. m, a patient was waiting. After making, with his usual care and deliberation, the final prescription, he lay down upon the couch, called his family about him, and told them of the pain in his heart. Help was summoned, but in a few minutes he became unconscious, and at 6:45 he ceased to breathe. He made no murmur, no complaint, though he evidently understood, when he sought his couch, that the Dread Messenger awaited him. Dr. Ernest J. Schenck, an as;ociate of Dr. Allen's, and now in his 47th year of practice, has observed that the character of a man's inward life is typified by the manner of his death. The serene, tranquil and noble manner of Dr. Allen's death, would seem to verify this idea.. Had Bryant known the...