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Blye with violin Birdie Blye (1905) Birdice Blye-Richardson. Birdice Blye-Richardson (March 24, 1871 - June 23, 1935) better known as Birdie Blye, was an American pianist.At 5 year old she was "an infant prodigy" who was taught by the best teachers in the United States and Europe. [1]
The book title is a triple entendre in its use of the term "mate", referring to the ship's surgeon's mate, a chess reference to Maturin's successful espionage efforts (i.e., checkmate), and Diana Villiers becoming Stephen's wife, the surgeon's mate. In 1617 a British naval handbook bore the title The Surgeon's Mate.
The first Doctors’ Day observance was March 28, 1933, in Winder, Georgia, United States.This first observance included the mailing of cards to the physicians and their wives, flowers placed on graves of deceased doctors, including Dr. Long, and a formal dinner in the home of Dr. and Mrs. William T. Randolph.
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For their stay in Scotland, Tiyo Soga had entrusted his sons to the care of Mr R.A. Bogue and Dr William Anderson. Bogue was a member of Glasgow's John Street Church to which Soga had remained close. Bogue had been the financial sponsor of the elder Soga's education abroad, a donor to the Mgwali Mission and was a close friend.
Illustration of John, a Virginia blacksmith, from a later edition of Hospital Sketches. Hospital Sketches (1863) is a compilation of four sketches based on letters Louisa May Alcott sent home during the six weeks she spent as a volunteer nurse for the Union Army during the American Civil War in Georgetown.
Charles Everett Koop (October 14, 1916 – February 25, 2013) [1] [2] was an American pediatric surgeon and public health administrator who served as the 13th surgeon general of the United States under President Ronald Reagan from 1982 to 1989.
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