The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Every quotation a nineteenth-century speaker or writer might want, grouped under its subject, with the author, the date and the source given as exactly as Hoyt could manage.

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Quotes by Wm. Todd Helmuth

3 quotations from The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1896), with the subject each one is filed under.

Philadelphia. Hail! Philadelphia, tho' Quaker thou be, The birth-day of medical honors to thee In this country belongs; 'twas thou caught the flame, That crossing the ocean from Englishmen came, And kindled the fires of Wisdom and Knowledge, Inspired the student, erected a college, First held a commencement with suitable state, In the year of our Lord, seventeen sixty-eight.— filed under Cities-Venice
Bacillus. Oh, powerful bacillus, With wonder how you fill us, Every day! While medical detectives, With powerful objectives, Watch your play. τ.— filed under Insanity
She sent for me in haste to come and see, What her condition for a cure might be. Dear me! a patient-what a happy tone, To have a patient and one all my own- To have a patient and myself be feed, Raised expectations very high indeed- I saw a practice growing from the seed.— filed under Occupations-Law
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