The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-02-01


/ have something dreadful The matter vi
elbow THAT gives me intsss pain, making
face.
,fl Bah + says Bear Doctor, what fool y,
. must be to do it then
Z OF aii sham, pulling patients be had
# he told to eat oysters-shells and all .
/, other, anything in the house but the belloy
b and poker. @
= oh, Mrs. Grundy, that dreadful mani
) Al lecture he never used notes and new,
' hesitated. 1.-The wanted attention he pause
for . second or two. He was very impatiei
> Of interruption, and q chance knock at Ii
|, door Of the theatre often put him out On on
j occasion the great Prince Esterhaxy, VII
1 scattered diamonds where he walked, cam
to see him. Abernethy was at lecture an
! not visible. The Prince waited, fuminI
de rang and called. Three times the Prince
| was announced by the servants, who wer
, more afraid Of Abernethy than even tn
great Hungarian Prince Il was just Scyll
and Charybdis over again. Al the thir,
announcement black cloud gathers d
Abernethys brows. he slammed his book 4
and said
Will come 10 the Frlnce!
| Mr.. Abernethy, said the Prince, do 20,
know who ! am you have been keeping here
! am the Prince Esterhazv.'
And |, said the Doctor, ann John Alb
ernethy, and this is my man James. James
show the Prince the door'-a fine, sturdy re
buke for fools presuming upon the vulgar
accident Of rank
When student was laughing or chipping
the desk, or was otherwise inattentive Absr
netny would fix his dreadful eve on him, and
say
If the lecture, sir, is not interesting "a
you, shall beg Of you to walk out
Nothing could make him miss lecture. We
see ne went to it the day his daughter mar
rled. On another occasion he was being led
with great reluctance across the hospital
square, just two o'clock, to an important
consultation. Suddenly the staunch man
| let US not enemies, call him big-headed-
stopped, drew his arm from that Of his bland
snarers and growled, No, sir; Ill be d.
II do! strobe Oft to the lecture theatre
That rough blandness made sad enemies A
Colonel came to Abernethy:
Show me your tongue. All! that's bad
enough
You're right there, said the Colonel.
wishing to be familiar and fashionably CAV.
We'll, man, said Abernethy, 4 don't re-
quire to be told that
Sometimes our rough honest man got az
good as he gave, and was rather pleased with
the rebuff-lowering his foil, if We NAV use
= metaphor taken from the schools, to ac-
knowledge palpable hit gentleman
came to him with excruciating neuralgie
pains in his shoulder. Abernethy was un-
usally rough and impatient:
well, know nothing about it. he barked
out, before the patient had half told his
symptoms. The sick wit retorted:
4 don't know how you should: but il YOU
will have patience till tell you, perhaps
then you may
Abernethy at once said:
Sit down, and gave himself up with kind
patience as a listener. Occasionally severe
repartees were given him. A lady to whom
ne was blunt grew rebellious She said:
i have heard Of your rudeness before
came, but hardly expected this.
Abernethy answered nothing; but went on
at his books and handed her the prescrip-
ton.
What am to do with this 2 she asked.
anything you like; put it in the fire, If you
please.
The lady high tempered or bad tempered
or hurt, laid the fee on the table, and threw
the prescription, rolled up into an angry
pill into the fire. Abernethy followed her
into into the hall, pressed her to take back
the fee or wait for another prescription She,
inexorable, huffed into her carriage and
drove off People were generally too sore
or too dull to feel the warm hand under
this rough glove. They took it for insolent
hard brutality. The slightest reaction
brought up his real kindness. One day a
lady he knew was exceedingly hurt by his
and burst into tears He instant V
became kind and patient as a nurse, and the
lady left pleased and forgiving This rough
man, too, gave people another reason for
abusing him. He had hasty way of telling
men severe truths. To a hunter his first |
words were:
Why, sir, yeu drink good dealr
Suppose do answered the destroyer Of
vermin, what the devil is that to you
A literary man told lin his stomach was
out of order.
Aye said John, see that by your
nose
He was fierce and dreadful exposer Of
shame. A smooth man called upon him in |
q case Of aneurism. Smooth man called it |
pulsatlng tumor, and had put on expensive
plaster.
What is this says rough man.
oh, that-that is plaster, lisps smooth |
man,
Pooh 7 says rough man, ripping it of |
with bah like a cannon.
It's all very well, signs smooth man to |
himself; but, by Jove, sir, that pooh blew
twenty guinies out of my pocket
Poor smooth man how we must all pity |
smooth men But oh, how kind this rough |
man could be what large heart he had
On one occasion room was preparing for |
an operation; the anxious assistant had
arranged long row ofhorrid shining knives
and saws Of various shapes on the table.
It's all right said Abernethy, mo there's
one thing forgotten and he threw broad
clean cloth over the instruments. Its bad
enough, he added in a low voice, for poor
log to have to be operated on without be-
ing obliged to see these terrible instru-
nents.'
Another day he was performing severe
operation On . woman. He had given
ler little kind dram of encouragement, and
he patient bore the knife like Roman
natron. After q few seconds ofliving death,
he poor woman muttered earnestly but
irmly:
i hope sir it will not be long
No, indeed said Abernethy, forgetting
lis caution, that would be too horrible.
There is good story told Of Mr. Aberne-
ny by his biographer, Mr.. Macilwain, Of
honest John attending miser He found
lin badly dressed and in shabby room, and
at him down as poor gentleman. On
.oing he refused his fee, kindly but decis-
yely. The miser begged him not to be de-
'eived by appearances, but to take his guinea,
le could afford it-well afford it. Abernethy,
stubborn and mistrustful, kept backing out
md declining, the old gentleman getting vexed
orgot himself at last, he fairly screamed
tut poking it at the Doctor.
BY G--'sir, insist on your taking i'll
by G--'sir wont roared out Abernethy
,olting out and slamming the door after
lin, the rejected guinia dropped at his back
ind inside the door
But we must conclude, and shut the vault
gain on an honest doctor. London Ma
ioal Magazine
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