The Path of the Law

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (Aug 29, 1809 – Oct 7, 1894) was an American physician, professor, lecturer, and author based in Boston. He was also contributed a lot to development of medicine. Before turning to medicine, he studied law for some time. He position of professor in Harvard and advocated various medical reforms and notably posited the controversial idea that doctors were capable of carrying puerperal fever from patient to patient.

The Path of The Law is an essay by Oliver Wendell Holmes. On the pages below the author meditates on topic of law and order, on things that restrain us, on right and wrong. A perfect reading to make one’s picture of the world a bit more detailed. Read and you won’t regret a single page!