This unhappy man must have been possessed of abilities which (under favouring circumstances) would, I don't hesitate to say, have ranked him among the greatest physicians of our time.

The language in which he writes is obscure, and sometimes grammatically incorrect.

But he, and he alone, has solved a problem in the treatment of disease, which has thus far been the despair of medical men throughout the whole civilised world.
"If a stranger was looking over my shoulder, he would be inclined to say, This curious lover writes to his young lady as if she was a medical colleague! We understand each other, Carmina, don't we?
My future career is an object of interest to my future wife.

This poor fellow's gratitude has opened new prospects to me; and who will be so glad to hear of it as you?
"Before I close my letter, you will expect me to say a word more about my health.

Sometimes I feel well enough to take my cabin in the next vessel that sails for Liverpool.