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Download or read book The Historical Collections of the Topsfield Historical Society, 1911, Vol. 16 (Classic Reprint) written by George Francis Dow and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-27 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Historical Collections of the Topsfield Historical Society, 1911, Vol. 16 In the early days of New England there was no distinct class of men following the profession of medicine, but the practice was taken up in connection with some other call ing. In every community either the minister or the school master or some skilled nurse was expected to act in cases of need. In taking care of the sick, the neighborly inter est stood in good stead, in fact much in olden days had to depend upon kindly neighbors. At the period when Massachusetts was settled, medicine was an art rather than a science. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.