The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-04-18
DAILY CRESO ENT.


1at and the Doctor; or, the Medical Students Joke
The Spirit of the Times vouches for the truth OF
The following laughable joke:
."Come, Patrick" said medical student OF one
Of our city institutions" to the honest pol'e e
1herein employed, as Pm going to treat S'ep in'o
the corner and take drop with us. ,,y:
" Sure, are you in earnest, Doctor' GEAR III
CURED Pat, with grin ;,
PAT did nj want coaxng. and he therefore ac-
(. eepted the invitation, and followed the Doctof.
Arrived at the public house the Doctor poured OUT
half tumbIer full of the ruby liquid, ana under
pretence of adding little sugar, he silly slipped
Is theF contents of box of cayenne pepper which
ofood behind the bar. Drink quick, Pat, for |
Re Professor B. coming across the square,
hid the Doctor, stirring the fiery mixture, and
handing it to Pat who quaffed 1t on without taxing
trmbler ere his countenance began to undergo the
most ludicrous contortions "Wather, for the sake
81 marcy! water!'' gasped he, his mouth raw
with the burning draught. Just at this moment
ono Of the Doctors friends happening accidentally
10 walk near the two, and seeing the bottle from
(which the liquor had been poured, standing on the
counter in frOnt of Pat he exclaimed with an anx-
ious look, "Why, Doctor, you did MT let the man
drink from the bottle 90
Eyes, I did," was the reply. Then you re
dead mani" said the other, turning to Pat, " for
prepared the bottle of poison to kill cockroaches
for the baEkeeper here"
Pat turned CHASTITY pale he gasped for breath.
o murthur, I'm dead run for doctor. 0 I'll
be dead before you come back. Holy mother of
Noses, why did taste the dirty brandy! For the
love of heaven fetch doctor; IN dying Lord
have mercy on my soul ~ and like EXPLANATIONS
did Pat pour forth with astonishing rapidity.
What g to be done for the poor man Z" said the
Doctor. 81 III run and get him dose of Tncture
of Hokeepokee," said his friend it is the only
thing that III save his life " and away he went and
shortly returned with the Tncture Hokeepokee, as
he called it, which was nothing more or less than
a Rochelle powder. Almost every one knows, or
ought to know, that a Rochelle powder is put up in
two papers, one blue and the other white, and in
taking it, the contents of the blue paper are dis
solved in about gill of pure water in one tumbler
and that of the white paper in another; the two
are then poured together, when lively efferves.
cence takes place, making foaming and sparkling
drink.
Well, two tumblers were arranged, the Rochelle
powder dissolved in them, and Pat was told to
drink first one and then the other Immediately after
it; he followed these directions implicitly, and the
throat; the effervescence took place for moment
or two he was perfect living fountain he literally
foamed at the mouth.
The bystanders could keep silent no longer, but
gave vent to their feelings in laugh, long, loud,
and hearty Patrick started off from his persecu-
tors without his hat, his hands casped over his
abdominal regions, and his hair streaming in the
wind. 500 90 pr, s'iJ
The next day one of the students seeing him,
enquired respecting the occurrence, " q bad luck
70 that scamp of Doctor" said Pat, she gave me
such rex hot brandy it set my inside alire, and
when drank c0wld water it billed over.'