Medical library and historical journal . ane with the lowest degreeof human sub-consciousness. It seems not improbable that abook-worm gorged with the choicest literature in prose and versemight be able to communicate in a sub-conscious manner with hishuman antitype. An objection to this hypothesis is the fact thatthe poetry thus evoked is minatory or even damnatory to the book-worm himself; but this may be in expiation of his crimes. What-ever may be the correct explanation of the fact, the writer hasfound it impossible to resist the impulse to contribute his quotato the poetry of the book-wo


Medical library and historical journal . ane with the lowest degreeof human sub-consciousness. It seems not improbable that abook-worm gorged with the choicest literature in prose and versemight be able to communicate in a sub-conscious manner with hishuman antitype. An objection to this hypothesis is the fact thatthe poetry thus evoked is minatory or even damnatory to the book-worm himself; but this may be in expiation of his crimes. What-ever may be the correct explanation of the fact, the writer hasfound it impossible to resist the impulse to contribute his quotato the poetry of the book-worm. Sitodrepa panicea!Whether worm thou art, or flea,Matters not, for, culpa mea!Thy existence is my I not my books neglected,They had never thee protected;Now, alas! too late ejected,I can only curse thy name. Easy said, but hard as German,Thou polysyllabic vermin,Is thy name, so long in obnoxious to my I call thee Sito, Pani,Drepa, Cea, Pite or Sani,Or some word in Hindustani?Any name will do to curse!. ZJ. r c A 1— ^ C3 bi3 LinRARV or Till-: KIXCS county MKDICAL society. 2] A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE LiiiRARV Ol- llll: MED-ICAL SOCIETY OF THE COUNTY OF KEN OS. Hy JAMIIS MAC l-AKLANl-: WINFIELD, MA).Directing Librarian, Brooklyn, New York. To the stucEMit of medical library growth, the history of theLibrary of the Medical Society of the County of Kings will beof interest. Although the Society was founded in 1822, it wasnot until 1845 that any attempt was made to establish a 1844, Dr. Bradley Parker in his inaugural address as Presidentadvocated the founding of a medical library. Acting upon thissuggestion a committee was appointed, who reported the follow-ing year that they had secured contributions to the amount of $50,and by purchase and donation had obtained a library of 60 vol-umes ; also, that they had made arrangements with the City Li-brary of the Brooklyn Lyceum (afterwards known as the Brook-lyn Institute) for the housing of


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