A New York paper characterizes Boston physicians thusly:
"A Boston medical man,
A hyper-historical man,
An ultra-persimmon toward medical women,
A Harvard or nothing young man.
And Chicago doctors:
"A Chicago medical man,
A wide-awake ethical man,
A good-as-the-rest-of-you, more-than-abreast-of-you,
Down-on-the-East young man.
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