Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-10-18

From the London Literary Gazette.

bread, 10 the chafF DF. LeVSnttf,
Sir Gingerbread SIumber, Doctor
Dildleum, DR.. Diapente, DR.. Ran
tipolr, DIR. Placebo. DR.. Forceps,
Mr.. Sharpset, Surgeon; Mr.. iso-
nv. Dentist; Mr.. Cowley. Vaccina
tor; Mr.. Hoofiy. Fstrinary Sur
eson i; Solomon. Stirabout, .7poths-
cary.
DR.. Dietbread. Gentlemen. charge
your gIasses--bumpers. MAY dis
ease multiply in all its presentations
AH.-Good, good. A provident
chairman.
Or. Leyanter.-If my proposal for
the abolition of the quarantine laws
had been adopted, the practitioners
OF medicine would have. reaped an a
bundant harvest. We have lately in
troduced into our conservatives all
the choicest ex0,ics with their adher-
Jug yernin; and think my endea-
vors to import the plague entitled
me to the g,at I'll thank of The pro-
fession at large +; but l have been
cruelty neglected. DR.. ibiddleum,
YOU have been more fortunate the
repositories which you have estab.
lishrd for preserving a stock Of ty-
uhus. contagion, and scarlet fever,
for the supply of themetroPolis, have
succeeded much better.
DR.. Diddlsum. II feel highly COM
plimented by the flattering notice
with which You are pleased to regard
nv exertlons aud be assured that,
as an honorable member of our pro-
fession, | shall at all times be on the
alert to advance its true interests.
To manifest my zeal i'm the cause, it
Is my intention. as We are only visit
ed periodically by the measles, to
found repository where the malady
may be had genuine at all times. In
the present state of medicine there is
an imperative necessity for the ex-
trenuous cooperation of its members.
The public confidence in our art has
considerably abated: for the diffu-
sion of medical knowledge has fiat
tered the canceit and weakened the
credulity mdispensably necessary to
every patient.
DR.. Piacebo. Allow me to hope
that you are mistaken on this point,
as all medical books land I have
published many are supremacy ele-
waited above the comprehension of the
public.
DR.. Diddieum.-That, Doctor,
may be very true; but still these mis-
chevioas publications lead men 10
form their own opinions and pre-
scribe for themselves, to the dereliC-
tion Of professional advice. There
is the rub: medical books are mere
lures books nicely baited for the
sport and emolument of the author I;
and with respect to their contents,
they are as unintelligible to the gen.
tlemen of the faculty as To the public.
BE- assured, Doctor, that the effort to
diff'use light tends to keep every one
in rne dark; aud for the truth of this
position I will appeal TO Mr.. Cata-
ract. the most celebrated of modern
oculists.
Ca,arart.-lt is very true few Of
my operations on the eyes succeed !;
but I find that people are more con-
tented with total darkness than with
a dim aud glimmering twilight
Were it not for the fee. | might nine
ty nine times in hundred, as soon
attempt e. make q bulls head in
the butchers shop see the custo.
mer who cheapens it. as to restore
vision to my patients by COUGHING or
extraction.
Dr. observation-disclosures. gentle
men. charge your glasses--bampers.
Cataract. No daylight. sF' &
DR.. Dietbread. Gentlemen, we
will drink the foundations of medical
prosperity Cant. Humbug. * Clas-
sification. May | ask you. Mr.. So
lomon Stirabout, it no,s are busy at
present, for of late I have had very
little to doi There is no prevailing E.
pidemic this season, and the town
appears to be unseasonably and in
deed alarming healthy.
Solomou.-Friend Dietbread, il a
man wait ill the sky falieth. it will
be long time before he catches
sarks. That good which bounteous
nature supplieth not. it is the pro,
vince of art to furnish. All seasons