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was mere pastime. He was a light weight, full of nerve, and with a passion for speed. In 1895 he passed one of his examinations for the navy; but, for family reasons, he did not take up a profession in which, to judge from the high character of his certificates, he would probably have risen to distinction. In 1902 his health broke down completely. Since then it has been a marvel that he has survived. Speaking of his illness he said to me once, “The fact that I am alive, is to me, and to those doctors and friends who know my case, nothing short of a miracle. To mention only one illness, pyo-pneumothorax (in layman’s language, the lung burst like a bicycle tire and displaced the heart), is sufficient to make ordinary people ‘quit the body’; but I have had many other illnesses besides that. My case will appear in a great physician’s book as a leading instance of the possibility of an almost impossible recovery.” Mr. Turvey is now recovering his health to a certain extent ; and he says, “‘ No one would believe what I have been through.” Many times he has been given up; but he declares that “some one inside me always said, ‘ Not yet, my boy,’” or words to that effect. On one occasion a doctor said, “Send for his friends, he will not see
was mere pastime. He was a light weight, full of nerve, and with a passion for speed. In 1895 he passed one of his examinations for the navy; but, for family reasons, he did not take up a profession in which, to judge from the high character of his certificates, he would probably have risen to distinction. In 1902 his health broke down completely. Since then it has been a marvel that he has survived. Speaking of his illness he said to me once, “The fact that I am alive, is to me, and to those doctors and friends who know my case, nothing short of a miracle. To mention only one illness, pyo-pneumothorax (in layman’s language, the lung burst like a bicycle tire and displaced the heart), is sufficient to make ordinary people ‘quit the body’; but I have had many other illnesses besides that. My case will appear in a great physician’s book as a leading instance of the possibility of an almost impossible recovery.” Mr. Turvey is now recovering his health to a certain extent ; and he says, “‘ No one would believe what I have been through.” Many times he has been given up; but he declares that “some one inside me always said, ‘ Not yet, my boy,’” or words to that effect. On one occasion a doctor said, “Send for his friends, he will not see
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