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quotes a passage from Dr
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Cameron received several awards, and appreciated them, although he never sought them, they gave pleasure to his friends and patients. Cameron received a brief note that contained a poem from an old
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truly natural and human. When I, therefore, some day soon, realise that I am making my last hospital visit (I have been making for thirty-six years, since 1874) I know I shall feel very sad indeed. The mere anticipation weighs on my spirit'
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and practice of those techniques in
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