Leaders in Science




CONTENTS

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PREFACE iii


CHAPTER I

FROM SCHOOL TO LIFE-WORK 1

Birth--Parentage--School-days--Choice of Medical
Profession--Charing Cross Hospital--End of Medical
Studies--Admission to Naval Medical Service.


CHAPTER II

THE VOYAGE OF THE RATTLESNAKE 13

The Objects of the Voyage--The Route--The Naturalist and the
Surgeon--Collecting and Dredging--Stay in Sydney--Adventures with
the Natives--Comparison with Darwin's Voyage on the _Beagle_.