GRADUATE OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE; GRADUATE OF
BOSTON TRAINING SCHOOL FOR NURSES, MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL
HOSPITAL; FORMERLY SUPERINTENDENT OF THE PHILLIPS

PRIVATE HOSPITAL, BOSTON; AUTHOR OF HINTS IN

DOMESTIC PRACTICE AND HOME NURSING;
STORIES OF NEW YORK; STORIES

OF OHIO, ETC., ETC.

Some people scorn to be taught; others are ashamed of it as they would be of going to school
when they are old; but it is never too late to learn what it is always necessary to know; and it
is no shame to learn so long as we are ignorant-that is to say, so long as we live. - SENECA.

BOSTON AND PROVIDENCE:

OTIS CLAPP & SON,

COPYRIGHT.

1900.

A. TEMPLE LOVERING, M. D.

BOSTON.

Co the Dear Memory of

O. E. G.,

THE INSPIRATION

OF

THIS WORK FOR OTHERS.