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42 SPECULUM DON'T TAKE YOUR PATIENTS THE "WRONG WAY" CONSULT ANDREWS FOR A CORRECT DIAGNOSIS ANDREWS CAMERA STORES for everything photographic 69-71 ELIZABETH STREET, MELBOURNE - MB 1844 228-230 COLLINS STREET, MELBOURNE - 63 7004
SPECULUM 43 LIFE OF EUSTACE LOVELACE By Fella Tor Medical Shoot o/ "Shangri - cEa ff To even the most literate of medical men the name of Eustace Lovelace is little more than that. This is unfortunate, and it is the purpose of this article to raise Lovelace to that pinnacle of honour hitherto reserved for Hunter, Lister and Florey. Lovelace was born in 1718, some ten years before John Hunter. Unlike Hunter, he was not a Scot. So much for his family history. At the age of ten, Lovelace was articled to a Rocking-Horse manufacturer. It is understood that he painted on the spots. He suffered from spots before the eyes, so he became a cook. The sight of food revolted him, so he became a seaman. He tired of the sea life. The Captain swore at him. The food was awful. The hard work, the long hours, the lack of sleep, the monotony, the heat, the cold, were too much for him. The constant exposure to the sun and the moon told on him. He decided to leave the ship. He had stuck it out for nearly ten hours; he crept off the ship on to the wharf. In the next two years Lovelace was a thief, gypsy, burglar, murderer and poacher. We have not reason to believe that he even failed to give of his best in these jobs. In 1736 Lovelace decided to study medicine. He enrolled at St. George's Hospital (Hunter's Alma Mater). He tells us in this diary, begun about this time, that he was first drawn to study medicine by the incidence of fallen arches in flat feet. The rest of Lovelace's life is traceable in his diary, this is not always easily legible, for wine, porridge, beer, spirits and gin have been spilt on its pages over the years. Lovelace's playful habit of mis-spelling words, and his rather spidery scrawl, render the historian's task still more laborious. We have some other documents of Lovelace's. We have many I.O.U.'s signed by him, apparently treasured for years by their recipients. We have a cheque, which is for one hundred pounds, written in Lovelace's hand. There is, unfortunately, no signature to the cheque. Most of the documents are addressed to well-known Bookmakers and Madams. Lovelace already was well known in society. Some of the notes he left are illegible or indecipherable. e.g.—Anny the Fanny. Rm 16. Cvt. Garden Place. "Joe sent Me." We don't know what this may mean. It may be a pneumonic. Lovelace, a poor student, was always short of money. On one occasion he had to sell his books, noting that they were "As new, hardly used", but even this loss appeared to make no difference to his studies. A friend is reported to have said of him that he knew more about a certain subject than anyone else in the world. Soon' after, Lovelace set up in practice for himself. This brilliant young man did not wait to graduate. He refused to be bound down by the foolish know-alls of his time. He had to earn money. He was in love! His beloved was Angela Stephenson. There was something about her, her father's
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