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in the body. Form and Size are also requisite to aid the memory of
the shape and relative position of each part, and to assist Locality.
Human Nature is essential in order that he may be _en rapport_
with his patients, and also to enable him to _divine_ instinctively all
bodily and mental states. He should be a good physiognomist, and
be well versed in the _pathology_ of physiognomy. He must have
large Observation, in order to take cognizance of the most minute
changes and appearances. Calculation is a useful trait also, as it
is required in many ways in the medication and treatment of the
wounded, as in chemistry and in making surgical implements, etc.
He should have large Friendship; in order to attach his patients to
him and to command their esteem; enough Benevolence to sympathize,
but not enough to weaken the feelings when severity is required.
The faculty of Amativeness is necessary to _comprehend_ the nature of
the opposite sex; Love of Young also, that he may inspire children with
love and confidence.

The sense of Weight should be a strong one, for the muscular
sense is dependent upon its power in order to _gauge_ the amount
of force to be used in handling instruments and in bandaging
wounds, limbs, etc. Executiveness is required to assist authority
and give resistance. Self-will is another ally most necessary, as
well as Analysis, Time, Order, and Reason. A fair share of
musical ability is required to assist the ear in making examinations
of the heart and lungs, and in auscultation for various other purposes.
If to these faculties one adds large Intuition, he has a fine
bodily and mental equipment for the practice of surgery.

OTHER CLASSES OF SURGEONS.

Many army surgeons are characterized by a round and broad
form, with broad, rather low, and round heads; short, round arms,
and round and tapering fingers. This build is the most suitable
for those severe operations which require the greatest exhibition of
force, endurance, and coolness; another class of surgeons--those
who undertake the more delicate and less forceful operations--are
characterized by about an equal development of the brain and
muscular systems. This class of surgeons tend naturally to the
treatment of those finer, less difficult, and more delicate cases of
operative surgery, such, for example, as treatment of the ear, the
eye, etc. This class of surgeons require a fine endowment of the
brain and nervous system. In sh