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How pure the joy, when first my hands unfold
The small, rare volume, black with tarnished gold!

John Ferriar

Torn from their destined page (unworthy meed
Of knightly counsel and heroic deed).

John Ferriar

Now cheaply bought for thrice their weight in gold.

John Ferriar

John Ferriar

John Ferriar

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Born: 1761

Died: February 4, 1815 (aged 54)

Bio: John Ferriar was a Scottish physician and a poet, most noted for his leadership of the Manchester Infirmary, and his studies of the causes of diseases such as typhoid. M.D.

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