TLS, 1929 February 1 : Boston, to Dr. J.F. Baldwin / Columbus, Ohio.

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TLS, 1929 February 1 : Boston, to Dr. J.F. Baldwin / Columbus, Ohio.

Written on Peter Benta Brigham Hospital letterhead thanking Baldwin for his interest in his recent book of essays and expressing his opinions on medical matters: "We need more good general practitioners and fewer men who have had just enough smattering of medical science to make them half-baked investigators." He also expresses his opinion on doctors working for a salary.

1 p. ; 22.7 x 18.5 cm.

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Cushing, Harvey, 1869-1939

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