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l83 ' .Y,lQl-EI IXTY-THREE young men are huddled in fhe corner of a large room on fhe fop floor of a dingy red brick building. lf is warm oufside and in, buf a cooling breeze driffs in from fhe river, which is iusf barely visible pasf fhe fenemenfs. lf evaporafes fhe suspicion of moisfure on brows and palms-fhaf befrays fhe appre- hension which fhey sfrive fo hide beneafh a casual exferior, like a small boy in a haunfed house. Round abouf sfand fhirfy odd sfone fables. which vivid imaginafion already populafes wifh fheir grisly obiecfs, and fhe fhoughf brings on momenfary shudders. Very soon fhey will be cheerfully hacking away wifh scalpel and forceps: buf fhaf fime is yef fo come. So fhey mill around uneasily, making fhe same quasi humorous, frife remarks fhaf counfless groups before fhem have made-unfil fhere emerges fhrough a door in fhe far end of fhe room a slighf, erecf figure enshrouded in an odd sorf of gown. wifh a long collar lying across fhe shoulders like a hood fhrown back. l-le approaches, and one nofes firsf fhe head of grey-whife hair, surmounfing a pleasanf counfenance lined and seamed, ifs chief feafure a pair of quizzical and fwinkling eyes. ln his hands he holds a clavicle-hands remarkably large and sfrong looking for so slighf a figure-hands so knowing and so sure in fheir maneuvers, as fhey find ouf lafer. l-lis speech is clipped: whaf we consider as fypically English: fhaf makes of lab- orafory one syllable. l-le calls fhe roll-and fhis is our infroducfion fo osfeology, 'ro medicine, and fo Dr. l-larold Senior. Tewin is a village in fhe counfy of l-lerefordshire, one of fhe innumerable English boroughs nof quife large enough fo impress geographers wifh fhe necessify of mapping fhem. buf represenfing fo fheir inhabifanfs fhe ulfimafe in desirabilify in size and comforf. Round abouf lie fhe broad and carefully filled fields of fhe pleasanf English counfryside, and exisfence here is serene. lf is in Tewin, early in fhe l8fh cenfury, fhaf fhere are records exfanf of fhe firsf Senior. l-le seems fo have been a freeholder, and probably inherifed his land in fhe usual way from his forebears, over whom fhe veil of obscurify lies. lf was on Ocfober 30, I87O, fhaf l-larold Senior was born af Croydon-fhe fhird of a family of six: greaf. greaf grandson of fhe Tewin landholder and descended on his mofher's side from a family of merchanfs in fhe China frade. . ln fhe usual course of an English lad's life, he was senf fo a boarding school. fhis one on fhe Kenfish coasf. l-lis main inferesf fhen befrayed no sign of virfuosify- nofhing fo disfinguish him from youngsfers fhe world over. l-le wanfed fo be a loco- mofive engineer. l-le had always liked fhings mechanical, fhis being associafed wifh fhe desire fo fake fhing aparf: perhaps a herald of his fufure acfivifies. lfxl' fhis poinf, if was fhe inquisifor's pleasure. and he cannof refrain from sharing if wifh counfless sufferers who have wrifhed under fhe same quesfion, fo presenf fo Dr. Senior fhaf delighfful poser, Why did you sfudy Medicine? l. The Seniors had many friends in fhe Royal Navy. One nighf, while sfrolling along fhe shore, The fafher furned fo his fhree sons and suggesfed fhaf if be a fine fhing for a young man fo become a naval surgeon. lf was iusf a pafernal suggesfion fo young minds groping abouf for a fufure. yef fhe seed implanfed fhaf nighf germi- nafedz fhe resulf being fhaf all fhree sfudied medicine, alfhough only fhe eldesf wenf info fhe service. Careers represenf a peculiar sequence of evenfs. in refrospecf. One nofes his compromises, bold sfeps. hesilancies, buf ulfimafely if is accidenf and forfuifous Tenfh Page
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lgggi-l--'ffiBlguLEvuE VIQ-LET- '1l93l circumsfance fhaf decide. lfs mosf consfanf feafure is absence of a 'rriumph of innafe desires over circumsfancesg buf peace of mind comes only wifh gracious accepfance of 'rhe inevifable. ln I892. young Senior became a licenfiafe of fhe College of Physicians of London, and member of fhe College of Surgeons of England. One wenf sfraighi' info medicine from school in fhose days, alfhough fhe schools of Europe included prac- fically 'rhe firsf fwo years of an American college. Readers of previous yearbooks do nof require fo be informed once again fhaf fhe sfudy of medicine in fhose days was considerably differenf fhan if is now. The frue universify spirif prevailed: one worked or loafed as one wished. The fierce compefifion fhaf exisfs foday was fhen unknown. All fhe school expecfed was suffi- cienf preparafion before 'raking fhe licensing examinafion. As a resulf of fhis loose sysfem, many a youngsfer wenf fo pieces-exfremes of liberfy and oppression being equally dangerous fo moral welfare. l-le spenf his 'rwo years of inferneship af Charing Cross l-lospifal, and fhis was followed by a year af Durham. l-lere he became a bachelor of medicine. The requiremenfs for an M. D. in England differ from fhose in America. One graduafes from school as a bachelor, and fo obfain The docforafe, from one fo fwo years musi' elapse, and a graduafe fhesis musf be presenfed. One year was fhe requiremenf af Durham, buf a good many more passed before if was confirmed- fo be exacf, in l9I8, while he was on leave from Bellevue fo do war work af 'rhe Middlesex War l-lospifal. l-lis fhesis was Anomalies of The Arferies of fhe Leg and Foo1', for which he was presenfed 'rhe gold medal for fhe besf fhesis of fhe year. ln I894 he refurned fo Charing Cross as demonsfrafor in Anafomy, lafer becom- ing medical regisfrar. Alfhough he fook and passed fhe examinafion for an ERCS, Dr. Senior had no infenfion of becoming a surgeon. l-le did plan 'ro pracfice infernal medicine in London, and fo be connecfed wih his old hospifal as a member of fhe honorary sfaff. Unforfunafely, fhe regisfrarship he held af 'rhe firne was fenable for only fwo years: and fhe nexf age of refiremenf on 'rhe sfaff was fhree long years off. A fime comes in every young man's life when opporfunify furns away wifhouf knocking-when fhe fufure lies plainly before a dull exisfence. l-le casfs around for a clear field, noi' necessarily a cleared one. for hardships are no defermenf. If he lives in a counfry like England, which presenfs innumerable examples of men in similar predicamenfs, who have gone fo fhe four corners of fhe earfh and become greai' successes and empire builders, his course is inevifable. This is 'rhe general sifuafion. The specific one was more depressing. The uncer- fainfy of geffing 'rhe appoinfmenf evenfually, fhe difficulfy of making a living in London wifhouf going info general pracfice. which would disqualify him for a fufure posifion in consulfing pracfice-fhese drove him oui' of London. Buf pracfice in fhe counfry was equally disfasfeful, when all good cases find fheir way fo fhe big cenfers. Rebellion againsf fhese circumsfances drove him fo a far-off Brifish Columbia mining camp in l897, as fhe prodromes of gold fever were breaking ouf. Life in fhe fown of Rossland in fhe upper Koofenai Valley musf have provided some sfrange confrasfs +o fhe young docfor. buf nofhing is sfranger fhan fhe miracu- lous power of fhe English fo adapf fheir environrnenf fo fhemselves, which is fhe basis of fheir colonial success. Amidsf fhese crude surroundings, affer fen years of clinical work, Dr. Senior's inferesf became crysfallized ouf in Anafomy. Nosfalgia for fhe laborafory, perhaps surfeifed wifh a fronfier exisfence, and an opporfunify fo mingle once more wifh 'rhe sfreams of scienfific fhoughf fhaf were flowing so swiffly as discovery followed discovery, are probable facfors which led him +o accepi' fhe posf of demonsfrafor of Anafomy af 'rhe now defuncf lvledico Chirurgical College af Philadelphia. Two years were spenf here, and in l904 he wenf fo 'rhe Wisfar lnsfifule of Eleven1h Page
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