THE AGE OF CLAY.

WILLIAM BOYD-MUSHET, M.B. Lond. M.R.C.P.

LATE PHYSICIAN TO THE NORTH LONDON HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION;
TO THE ROYal general DISPENSARY; TO THE JEWS'

HOSPITAL; FORMERLY RESIDENT PHYSICIAN

AT ST. MARYLEBONE INFIRMARY.

Author of "A Practical Treatise on Apoplexy;" "Cholera, Its Etiology,
Contagiousness and Treatment;""The Pathology of Angina Pectoris ;
"The Workhouse, a Poem ;" "Hyde Park;" &c. &c. &c.

"Ubi philosophus desinit ibi incipit Medicus."

LONDON:

WYMAN & SONS, GREAT QUEEN STREET,

LINCOLN'S-INN FIELDS.

1883.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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WYMAN AND SONS, PRINTERS, GREAT QUEEN STREET, LINCOLN'S-INN FIELDS, W.C.

DEDICATIO.

AD MINERVA M

CONJUGEM MEAM

CARISSIMAM AMANTISSIMAMQUE.

Eximiâ formâ muliebri prædita; miris
Muneribus morum, mentis et ingenii;
Insuper, insigni majestate ore venusto

Conspicuâ, et tenerâ magnanimâque fide.
Indolis ardentis, generosa; animæque pudicæ ;
Grata, verecunda, nobilitate nitens.

Mitis, honesta, decens, pia, amabilis, integra, casta,
Contenta paucis, absque timore mali:

Ast immota, Patri confidens Omnipotenti,
Candida femineis-Diva Minerva Mea !

W. B. M.