Excerpt from The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Graduation in Medicine of Samuel Clagett Busey, M.D., LL. D The full meaning of a half-century of active profes sioual work can only be appreciated by those who have travelled over the rough and rugged path of duty who have watched-with anxious care over the sick and wit nessed the soul-stirring scenes of the death-chamber; who have faced the fury of a midnight storm to bring relief to their patients; who have gone to the haunts of poverty, speaking words of comfort and alleviating human suffering; who have braved the dangers of the battle-field and the more terrible but invisible foes of infectious diseases. What a life of incessant physical and mental toil! What a life of self-denial and devotion! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.