Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Presbyterian Hospital of the City of Chicago Bulletin, Vol. 15: April 1913 His suffering becomes, therefore, a dignified and influential thing, and not merely a thing we antidote with ill - tasting medicines or cure with keen-edged scalpels. The wholesome reaction of the sick man upon the emotional life and moral nature of the race and the call he makes upon society must not be forgotten. This fine hospital is proof of that of which I'm speaking. 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.