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Rh or his patrons, but urbanity should be the warp and woof of his whole conduct.

His deportment towards his professional brethren will deserve particular attention. It is obvious to all, that the comfort and happiness of individual members—the worth of the profession in public estimation, and its usefulness in the community, are best promoted by an honorable and amicable intercourse among its members. But, unfortunately, the very reverse of this is frequently witnessed. Neighboring physicians are often either open or secret enemies: they are jealous and envious of each other, too ready to publish each others' faults, and with a fiendish gladness rejoice at each others' misfortune—little thinking, perhaps, that their own standing, and that of the profession to which they belong, are more or less involved in everything that affects the character of an individual member. It cannot be expected that the public will have full confidence in men who are constantly engaged in reciprocal criminations. Whoever attempts to build for himself a reputation upon the ruins of another, builds upon a slippery and precarious