Sir Morell Mackenzie; physician and operator; a memoir compiled and ed from private papers and personal reminiscences . VITI. THE EMPEROE. I NOW come to the most important and criticalepisode in Sir Morell Mackenzies professionallife. It is one in which his personality standsout before the whole civilized world, his reserveof power reveals itself for the first time, his self-control is put to the severest test, his firmnesstriumphs, his skill culminates, and his high devo-tion to duty shines out amidst considerable mis-representation, jealousy and libel, like the sunwhen he
Sir Morell Mackenzie; physician and operator; a memoir compiled and ed from private papers and personal reminiscences . VITI. THE EMPEROE. I NOW come to the most important and criticalepisode in Sir Morell Mackenzies professionallife. It is one in which his personality standsout before the whole civilized world, his reserveof power reveals itself for the first time, his self-control is put to the severest test, his firmnesstriumphs, his skill culminates, and his high devo-tion to duty shines out amidst considerable mis-representation, jealousy and libel, like the sunwhen he goes forth in his strength. In the autumn of 1886, the Crown Prince ofGermany Unser Fritz,^^ afterwards FrederickIII., had taken cold whilst driving out withthe Crown Princess in the north of Italy. Thecoachman lost his way, the prince had no greatcoat with him, and as he afterwards said toMackenzie, I felt as if I had taken cold, and my 126 THE EMPEROE. throat has never become quite well since thatevening. On Wednesday night, May 18th, 1887, Mac-kenzie was just retiring to rest after a harddays work when Dr. Reid was announced, who
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