Excerpt from Disciples of Æsculapius, Vol. 1 of 2

A student as a boy, such he remained to the last day of his life, as ready to learn as he was to impart what he had learned. It has been remarked many times how plain he made abstruse subjects, and how willing he was to patiently explain the most elementary facts to any inquirers who sought his aid on matters of which he had made a life study. It was at Burrow Hill School, and afterwards while an articled pupil to Mr. Henry Hudson, of Somerby, that a love of antiquarian pursuits developed in him. The neighbourhood was rich in ancient remains, and Mr. Hudson was as willing to interest his pupil in antiquity, or the mysteries of electricity, as he was to introduce him to the first case of small-pox the young student had seen. Mrs. Hudson pleaded that the introduction might be postponed until the lad was a tri¿e Older, but the doctor was resolute the sooner the boy saw such cases the better - and that was final. Master and pupil worked happily together, the pupil was drilled in medical observation and treat ment, and, taking kindly to his lessons, upon one occasion was left, in the absence of his eccentric master, to attend by himself to the wants of the patients.

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