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Excerpt from The Life of Sir Robert Christison, Bart, Vol. 2 of 2: Memoirs
Notwithstanding these multifarious occupations, Sir Robert found time to take a considerable part as a citizen. He acted as a manager of the Royal In firmary, and as one of the directors of the Royal Edinburgh Asylum for the Insane; and he took a. Great interest in all questions concerning the health or amenity of the city. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.