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    The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Volume 03: Medical Poems
    The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Volume 03: Medical Poems
    The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Volume 03: Medical Poems
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    The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Volume 03: Medical Poems

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    Release dateNov 15, 2013
    The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Volume 03: Medical Poems
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    Oliver Wendell Holmes

    Oliver Wendell Holmes was an American physician, poet, and polymath based in Boston. A member of the Fireside Poets, he was acclaimed by his peers as one of the best writers of the day. His most famous prose works are the “Breakfast Table” series, which began with The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table.

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      The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Volume 03 - Oliver Wendell Holmes

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Vol. 3, by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

      This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net

      Title: The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Vol. 3 Medical Poems

      Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

      Release Date: September 30, 2004 [EBook #7390]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK POETRY OF HOLMES, VOL. 3 ***

      Produced by David Widger

      THE POETICAL WORKS

      OF

      OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES

      [1893 three volume set]

      MEDICAL POEMS

      THE MORNING VISIT THE TWO ARMIES THE STETHOSCOPE SONG EXTRACTS FROM A MEDICAL POEM A POEM FOR THE MEETING OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AT NEW YORK, MAY 5, 1853 A SENTIMENT RIP VAN WINKLE, M. D.

      THE MORNING VISIT

      A sick man's chamber, though it often boast

      The grateful presence of a literal toast,

      Can hardly claim, amidst its various wealth,

      The right unchallenged to propose a health;

      Yet though its tenant is denied the feast,

      Friendship must launch his sentiment at least,

      As prisoned damsels, locked from lovers' lips,

      Toss them a kiss from off their fingers' tips.

      The morning visit,—not till sickness falls

      In the charmed circles of your own safe walls;

      Till fever's throb and pain's relentless rack

      Stretch you all helpless on your aching back;

      Not till you play the patient in your turn,

      The morning visit's mystery shall you learn.

      'T is a small matter in your neighbor's case,

      To charge your fee for showing him your face;

      You skip up-stairs, inquire, inspect, and touch,

      Prescribe, take leave, and off to twenty such.

      But when at length, by fate's transferred decree,

      The visitor becomes the visitee,

      Oh, then, indeed, it pulls another string;

      Your ox is gored, and that's a different thing!

      Your friend is sick: phlegmatic as a Turk,

      You write your recipe and let it work;

      Not yours to stand the shiver and the frown,

      And sometimes worse, with which your draught goes down.

      Calm as a clock your knowing hand directs,

      Rhei, jalapae ana grana sex,

      Or traces on some tender missive's back,

      Scrupulos duos pulveris ipecac;

      And leaves your patient to his qualms and gripes,

      Cool as a sportsman banging at his snipes.

      But change the time, the person, and the place,

      And be yourself

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