After a time he abandoned medicine for business pursuits.

In 1847 he was forced to abandon medicine because of ill health and turned to natural history, especially ornithology.

In 1811, he removed to New York, where he abandoned medicine and studied law.

He then abandoned medicine in favour of the chemical industry.

But he soon decided to abandon medicine for law.

He began his career as a medical student before abandoning medicine to become an actor.

With this financial backing, he abandoned medicine in 1884 and devoted himself exclusively to literary pursuits.

In 1849 he abandoned medicine and resigned his appointments.

He later abandoned medicine for the practice of law.

When Bulgakov came to, he abandoned medicine as a career and took up his pen.