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TO
JOHN HOMANS, M. D.,
PRESIDENT OF TOE MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY, MEMEEE OF THE SOCTETT
FOR MEDICAL IMPROVEMENT, ftC.,
TO WHOM, DURING THESE YEARS OF MY PROFESSIONAL SPECIAL PRACTICE,
IT HAS BEEN MY HAPPINESS TO LOOK AS A REVERED
FELLOW OF OUR NOBLE ART,
MF COUNSELLOR AND FRIEND:
TO HIM, WITH FEELINGS OF ADMIRATION FOR HIS LIBERAL PRINCIPLES, PROFES-
SIONAL INTEGRITY AND FORECAST, AND WITH NO LESS GRATITUDE
FOR HIS EXERTIONS IN THE GENERAL CAUSE OF
Ubtral Scuntt,
THIS HUMBLE THOUGH ARDUOUS WORK
IS GRATEFULLY DEDICATED.
