The Yazoo City Whig. [volume] (Yazoo, Miss.) 1844-1851, 1845-09-12


of the osscous system known in common
parlance as the abreast bone. - but at that
time was ignorant OF the fact / had not
studied anatomy, and in nv Ignorance and
and simplicity Of heart, imagined that the
DOCTOR wanted her to be cupped and blisIeled
"a posierlori," OF in other words over the
'.seal," and that he had put the ''om,n 10
the ''steFn" in The nole, merely for sport, or,
i might have been The latin termination Of
the word ''sIen." Filled with q sense of
the delicacy and momentous import Of my
duty, provided myself with the necessasies
and proceeded 10 cup Clancy on the stern,
ums
by the way Of paFenthesis, lei me create
an idea Of my patient, so that you may ap-
preciate the ield Of my operation.
just imaginea butchers block Eve fee.
long and four feet through at tne butt, cen.
peTted into fat bouncing negro Rench,
with smaller blocks appended for limbs. and
you haye.a faint conception Of the 6gure
and proportions Of the deleciable portion
of humanity upon whom my curative CAS-
liabilities were exhibited.
ssdow are you tOsday, Chaney4" said |
as, entering the cabin of my patient, stood
before beE.
"Oh. massa young doctor.a said she, 81
does feel 'mazin' bad-the mis'Ty in my boz
som, almost broke my heart; l can scasely
perspire (respire, / suppose she meant, as,
Judging from the big drops which like ebony
beads, chased each other down her gleam-
ing neck, thought that she perspired beau
tifnlly.
81 am very sorry to hear It Clancy; the
Doctor has sent me up here TO cup and
blister you, and / hope it win relieve you
entirely''
"Well. the Lords will and the Doctors
be done; this anguished sister beis ready'
and she proceeded 10 diyest her bosom
of It's. concealment, thinking she had to be
cupped over the seat Of the pain; but iraas
a different seat than that, which my
cups were destined to exhaust the Amos
phere from.
"Stop, CLANCY, was not told TO cup you
on the breast, but on the sterna1l, so you'll
have TO turn oyern'
i '.Nhatm shrieked she, rising straight up
IN the bed. great deal whittier in the face
than she had been for many day; s'you cup
me on the starn you make de cussed 'cis>
ions in my frame on dem partsl Massa
young Doctor. tell me, for de lub OBJ prosti-
luted 'maniiy,is you in aiFnest? Oh, no
Il certainly, you is just ioking-making muse.
ment OF de Stresses OBJ dis feTnaleT'
No, Clancy, there is no mistake. The
Doctor says you must be cupped there, and
It must nus and shall be done, so get ready"
'5h, massa Doctor, you must be mistaken
You must indeed! De pain no deFe; but
% my breast! How cupPing dere goin cure
/. pam de breast, eha Tell me datf,,
Well, CLANCY, Idon't know that Ican do
that xactly, but suppose il will be by
sympathy. You know the stern aud the ho-
som are not many feet apart. Any how
larngoing tc cup you there, if have to. call
in help, SO you had better CONSENT
Clancy, seeing that there was no retreat,
agreed at last TO the operation. Click !
lick! went the scarifcator, and amidst the
shouts of the patient and my awful solici<
tude for fear | might cut an artery, the sfdeed
was did," But no blood flowed, nothing
but grease, which tTickled out slowly like
moIasses out of a worm hole | saw that
the cups were too infatuated 20 draw blood
from that quarter, so removed them and
applied the blister, and expect ily ONT
ment was in demand about that time.
When the Doctor returned, after an alb
f sence of several hours, he found the patient
entirely relieUed, and blister drawn with
about tubfull of water in its interior. |
reckon she used chairs mighty little for a
few weeks, and she hated the idea of the
operation so bad that she burn upa bran new
, dress just because 1t was bum bazine, and
reminded her BY the first syllable. OF The
: seat of tCnpping on the Sternnm"
Yazoo City, Miss. Hell.