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Excerpt from Medical Men and Medical Matters of 1776: Anniversary Address Before the Medical Society of the State of New York
Every student who could go abroad to acquire his profession, did so London and Edinburgh being chie?y resorted to. A longer novitiate was required then at present, and few spent less than from three to seven years from home. As was but natural, attach ments were formed to British institutions, British laws and customs, and many friendships were firmly established between individuals. All these bonds and convictions and personal advantages were to be sundered, or materially weakened, by engaging in the rebellion, yet few hesitated. Animated by patriotism and persuasion of right, most of the returned Medical absentees sustained with all their in?uence and ardor the movement which at first seemed almost a hopeless struggle. And this was more of a sacrifice than is now apparent, for a very large proportion of the gentry - the wealthiest of their patients - adhered to the side of the mother country. The medical roll will compare favorably with. That of any other class of citizens in the light of devotion and personal exposure.
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