But what should we think
of such an excuse as this: that the enemy had entered such a post
because A and not B had been on guard? Yet I have constantly heard such
an excuse made in the private house or institution and accepted: viz.,
that such a person had been "let in" or _not_ "let in," and such a
parcel had been wrongly delivered or lost because A and not B had opened
the door!
[13] There are many physical operations where _coeteris paribus_ the
danger is in a direct ratio to the time the operation lasts; and
_coeteris paribus_ the operator's success will be in direct ratio to his
quickness. Now there are many mental operations where exactly the same
rule holds good with the sick; _coeteris paribus_ their capability of
bearing such operations depends directly on the quickness, _without
hurry_, with which they can be got through.
[14]
[Sidenote: Petty management better understood in institutions than in
private houses.]
So true is this that I could mention two cases of women of very high
position, both of whom died in the same way of the consequences of a
surgical operation.
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