The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-08-11

she is avery gaod physiciap;bgt she uin'l
never tended nobody here. ,fFe.s3
"Shc said Ito mSseif;Hthe boy sore>
ly has Welch bloodiip bis veins; they al
ways she ieyeyihing,"s ls1aa gs ae'aA1
The boy soon returned, saving, t',he
Doctor wasn's bone, sir, but left your
'name on the slate y t.f '5' 80 .r.S>'
Ia the course Of the afternoon, as ] lay
upon The sofa, with my hand pressed up
-es-.sayaAead, TO slilla lis irregular pulsa,
iinns, there was soft tap at The door
"Come in," | called out, and 10 my sur
prise, in came the nea,es, brigh'esi, most
Cheerful! lllIe woman il had ever been
my lotto meet. SO rs rl-7s'E 81
"You sen, for me, I4believe, sirsp size
said, ln-a qnick, brisk, pleasant way.
u? No modam; you ure laboring un>
der ,nisihke.p -a9ss-ess --.r y, ss.sr
sab! beg pardon," sad the little wo.
man al touud on nv slate the name OF
Mr.. Hubbs, npn,ber fourteen. Mrs. .Giey's
boarding honse, with request that 1
would call and see him" s&
"Yonr slate, uradam2n exclaimed my
as,oDishment increasing every moment,
"you are surely no, s----" @ >
Physician! yes sif;" she interrupted
quickly. "pm physician; Dr.. Todd.
"Exiraordinary!" was all ! could say.
for though had heard At distance of
the existence Of such beinga;this was the
itst in'roducticn TO female practitioner
Of the Esculspisuan. Il was rather awk-
ward, but since she had CONF, deter
mined to make the best of il,and acquaini
The lady Doctor with my case a ba'a ~
She felt my pulse, asked numerous
questions as To INV symptoms, and then
in her quick brigb, way, exclaimed-
"Nervous! nervous! that's all, depend
upon II! Excuse mo, sir, but by the air
Of your room, | suppose you are much
given to smoking" s1S '@
plead guilty. -
"And huw many cigars do you usually
smoke in day?" .-
/ could not tell: never counted; as
soon as | threw away one, took ano!h-
er, usually.
"Ium! a cigar in your mouth pretty
much all the time, Ell! Chew, tooi"
Again reluctant confession was wrung
from me. .- "
81 presume you sit up late, smoking
all The time!" 81 ~
ayes, ma'Om. smoking and reading"
"Th1l'sn! No disease Of The heart at
all, sir; nothing but tobacco: depend up.
on i,;-no,hing but tobacco; il'll make
you fancy anything; i''Il drive you crazy
if you don't take care. Now will you
promise to follow my advice closely, or
no,i ifuo,, | will take my leave iufme-
diately." Sz
promised, submissive as lamb. o.
sin the frs, place, then, throw away
all your cigars and tobacco, and promise
10 buy no more"
With sigh given TO my sole consulH.
tions, | said would do MS she diIettcd
Many more directions she gave me as
10 diet, exercise, early hours, &c. Per
haps she saw too iha. cheerful compan'
ionship was one thing | needed, and 80
she remained awhile, talking with great
r!ee and spiri', about matters and things
in general; and promisiHg,o to call and see
me lhe next morning, she left. d. ~"
had NOT felt so well in a great while
indeed had not givenmy heart though
since the liiila woman entered The room
Tie next morning j found mystl
watching impa,ienily for the arrival OF m!
little doctor. She came, bright cheer
ful as the day before. What a perfect
little sunbeam she was! could not helI
growing better under her cnre, and the
Influence of her cheering presence, and
ye, managed to cpntrive some ache o'
pain every day, as an excuse for the con
linuance o. her visits.
A, length found that my heart which
had long been qniet and apparently free
from disease, began,o flnuer and palp''
tate again, but observed it Nas only
when heard ,he. little woman's tap nj
,he door. or felt her soft fingers on my
wrist. In short, as she had driven The
disease on, Of my heart, ,,ha, ll',le woman
herself had walked, into il. ! Gould nj
longer blind myself to the !iacl; and whel
she one day told me that; swas nov of
the sick list, and out offer hands, de-
lefmined ,ha, she shaNld not so easily gel
out of nina. ez ..7:
I So Iiold her iM she had now giveT
ease TO my bssA 10 one respec'.she mus
no, leave ,ili She had done SO in another
or | should be worse off than | was be"
fore. ;Trhe in,le woman looked perplex'
(ssd. - =
Then stated my case, and explained
my symptoms second time, e,showing her
4 The distressed state Of my heart, and she
alone coaid cureit. The former disease
she had removedb by an occasional visit;
Tho latter could only be cured by hel
promising 10 come and take up her sbods
with me as resident physician. She un-
de,s:ood me now, aud by the way sbc