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His clinic in Hôtel Dieu was run on the same
lines as Potain’s in Hôpital Necker, he was like
a father to all his patients, the poorer they
looked the more interest he seemed to take in
their welfare. As a teacher he was the best I
have ever seen, his book on ‘Anatomie
Topographique’ is moreover the best book ever written
on the subject. He was a wonderful operator
and always did all the dressing himself. There
was something almost northern about this man
with his straight simple manners and his blue eyes,
he was in fact a Breton. He was extraordinarily
kind and patient with me and my many
shortcomings, that I did not become a good surgeon
is certainly not his fault. As it is, I owe him a
lot, I am convinced I even owe him that I can still
walk about on my two legs. I think I had better
tell you this story here in parenthesis.
* * *
I had been working very hard during the long,
hot summer without a single day of rest, harassed
by insomnia and its usual companion,
despondency. I was irritable with my patients, ill
tempered with everybody, and when autumn
came even my phlegmatic friend Norstrom began
to lose his patience with me. At last he informed
me one day we were dining together that unless
I went away at once for a three weeks rest cure
in a cool place, I should go to pieces altogether.
Capri was too hot, Switzerland was the right place
for me. I had always bowed to my friend’s
superior commonsense. I knew he was right
although his premises were wrong. It was not
overwork but something else that had reduced
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