. A doctor's experiences in three continents. lly grateful. • Name it, and count me at your service. Well, it is simply this: I cannot return toEgypt because Dr. Landolt tells me that anotherattack of ophthalmia will result in the loss of myleft eye. I desire, therefore, to remain in Paris,and to practice medicine, which I cannot do with-out a legal authorization. Will you use your in-fluence to obtain this concession forme? What you ask is difficult to obtain. Thefaculty lias taken position against these ^ minis-terial authorizations, and I am one of those whohave most persistently opposed th
. A doctor's experiences in three continents. lly grateful. • Name it, and count me at your service. Well, it is simply this: I cannot return toEgypt because Dr. Landolt tells me that anotherattack of ophthalmia will result in the loss of myleft eye. I desire, therefore, to remain in Paris,and to practice medicine, which I cannot do with-out a legal authorization. Will you use your in-fluence to obtain this concession forme? What you ask is difficult to obtain. Thefaculty lias taken position against these ^ minis-terial authorizations, and I am one of those whohave most persistently opposed them. How thencan I recommend you in the very teeth of my knownopposition to such recommendations ? I wish sin-cerely to serve you, but I really do not see my wayclear in the matter. I will leave it to you, but I most earnestly en-treat you to do it if you can. Excuse my impor-tunity. I have so much at stake that I am forcedto be persistent. My dear friend, I will do my best, and if I failattribute the failure to anything else than a sincere. CHARCOT, IN THREE CONTINENTS. 173 desire to serve you. Have you forwarded your ap-plication ? Yes ; on yesterday. I will go then at once and look into the mat-ter. You will hear from me after a few days. Thanks ! I will trust implicitly to your friend-ship, and I shall be equally grateful whether yousucceed or not. Now, adieu, for I have alreadytrespassed too long. I will only add that after the lapse of a fewweeks I did receive the authorization, and I havereason to know that it was obtained mainly throughthe influence of Charcot. I have also to thank for a kind letter of recommendation in thisregard, v/hich, doubtless, had its w^eight as well. Thus was it demonstrated that neither the giftof exalted genius nor the possession of the highestdistinctions nor the command of unlimited wealthnor aught else that is calculated to intoxicate or])ervert human nature could warp the soul of thisgreat and good man when friendship made its a
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