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Romance and Duty in Medicine and a Far Reaching Treaty
A mix of dramatic medical case notes and a classic 1842 treaty summary. The medical narrative recounts a sea voyage where a brain injury led to a life saving trepan operation by a young student aided by a physician and captain, culminating in a romantic reflection on the profession. The second portion details Article by Article terms of the 1842 Anglo American Ashburton Webster Treaty defining borders from St Croix to Lake of the Woods and stipulations on slave trade suppression, mutual surrender of fugitives, and boundary commissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bormance
Austony
Jim+ JONES
Charles
New England
Maine
Jake
Ellen
Sring
Ronshing
Iean
M. D
Domenstic
North
Ghent
United States
U. Sittes
U. States of America
Fler
United Kingdom of Great Britain
Leland
United States of America
Daniel Webster
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Alexander Lord Ashburton
United Kingdom
St.Croix
The
T. John
Meljarmette
New York
Vermont
Canada
St. Lawrence
Neebiik
Muddy Jake
St. Joseph
St. Tammany Island
St. Joseph’s Island
St. George’s
Sugar Island
Lake Superior
Lake of the Woods
Lake Sassaquinago
Cypress Lake
Lac de Bois Blanc
Lac de Croix
Little Vermillion Lake
Lake Namecar
Lac la Pluie
Rainy Lake
Chaudiere Falls
Observatory
Greenwich
Rocky Mountains
Pigeon River
St. John
New Brunswick
Aaid
Mane
Upper St. John
Saina
Shell
Ant. V
U. States
Massachuettes
E. States
Massachusetts
Massachuetts
St. Crix
Senate
Bangor
St. Croix
Aid River
St. Francis
Pohanagamook
River Et Lawrence
Sault Island
Barnhart Teland
Detroit
Bois Blanc
Africa
Art
Auy
Ant. X. Itia
London
Washington