A DOCTOR OF THE OLD SCHOOL

by Ian Maclaren

Part 3.
A FIGHT WITH DEATH.

ILLUSTRATIONS

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[DR. MacLURE]
[BOOK III. A FIGHT WITH DEATH]
[Gave Way Utterly]
[Fillin' His Lungs for Five and Thirty Year wi' Strong Drumtochty Air]
[Bell Leant Over the Bed]
[A Large Tub]
[The Lighted Window in Saunder's Cottage]
[A Clenched Fist Resting on the Bed]
[The Doctor was Attempting the Highland Fling]
[Sleepin' on the Top o' Her Bed]
[A' Prayed Last Nicht]
[I've a Cold in My Head To-night]
[Jess Bolted without Delay]

PREFACE

It is with great good will that I write this short preface to the edition of "A Doctor of the Old School" (which has been illustrated by Mr. Gordon after an admirable and understanding fashion) because there are two things that I should like to say to my readers, being also my friends.

One, is to answer a question that has been often and fairly asked. Was there ever any doctor so self-forgetful and so utterly Christian as William MacLure? To which I am proud to reply, on my conscience: Not one man, but many in Scotland and in the South country. I will dare prophecy also across the sea.