Somewhere Evelyn wrote about her love and respect for a particular doctor, but I cannot find the reference now and never knew his name.
The Physician
For him no night or day
save in the gentle healing
of the sun
or in the silver solace
of the stars.
His hands are consecrate
upon the jagged altar
of man’s flesh.
His mind would mount
the mystery of death.
His heart would soothe
The panic of white pain.
His feet would tread
Thy ministry, sweet Christ,
his soul in Thine.
Evelyn Coffey
(Published in February, 1937 Bulletin of the Academy of Medicine, Cleveland. Citation reads: [written as a tribute to her attending physician at Charity Hospital, Cleveland])
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