South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1859-04-01

/ t' "hom nc WAS blunt grew rCbciilyCs.-
! She said
4 had heard of vour rudcncss before
! came. hut ! hardly expected this
! Alcrncthy answered nothing, but went on
at his hooks X handed her the prescription.
| What am to do with this !? she said
! Anything yom like: rnt it in the fire. if
/ you please grcwl"d the bear
! The lady, high tempered. or bad temper
! cd, or hurt. laid the fee on the table. and
! threw the prescription. rolled up into all
! angry ri:l. into tle fire Atcrnc,hy fol-
lowed her m;o the hall. pressing her to
take back the f." or wait for another pre-
! sciiI,:inn. She. iucxoral!r, huffcd into her
carriage and drove off People were gene
rally too sore or too dull to feel the warns,
hand under this rough glove. They took
1t for insolcn:, hard brutality. The slight
cs, reaction brought up his real kinllincss
! One day lady he knew WIS exceedingly
| hurt by his ahrupncss. and burst into tears
| lie Instantly bccam" kind and patient rs II
nurse, and the lady left pleased and iorgiv-
! ing. THIS rough man, too. gave people a.
/ nnthcr reason lor abusing Kim. lie had a
hasty way OF telling mcn severe truths To
J
! why, sir. YOU drink good deal
! Suppose !o,' answers the destroyer of
vcrmin, 'what the devil is that to you y
4 literary man toll him his stomach was
! out of order
Aye, sal! Iohn, I see that by your
nose
He WAS fierce and dreadful cxposer OF
! shams. \ smooth man called him in a case
; of ancnrism. Smooth man called it pnlsat-
! ing tumor, Il had put on expensive plaster.
What j, this = says rough man.
! 'Oh. ;!lat-that IS Il plaster lisps smooth
man.
Pooh says rough man, ripping it off,
with bah like cannon.
Its all very we'll sighs smooth man, to
himself; but, by Jove. sir. that pooh
blew twenty euincas out Of my pocket
Poor smooth nan .-how we must nil
| pity smooth man But, oh how kind this
rough man could he what large heart
he had. On one occasion room WIS pre-
pairing FOR an operation; the anxious as
sistant had arranged Il long row of horrd
. shining knives and saws Uf various sharcs
! Oh the table
dts all right sail Abnrn.;hv no,
there one thing f,r""tt"n,' and nc threw Il
broad clean cloth over the instrum, uts -
! Its bad cuough,' he added. in low voice.
'!or q poor dog tn have to be operated oil
! wi.!cC. lin. clij-cl tc see .l?-c t...::,..,.o
Instruments
Another day he was performing severe
operation OF woman lie had given l:rr
little kind dram If rEcnura. go mcEt. and
the patient lore the knife Ike Roman ma
iron. Altcr few seconds OF living death
The poor woman E:utirrcd earnestly. but
firmly. i hope. sir. it will nnt he long
NO, indeed said Ahcrnethy. forgetting
his caution that would be too horrible
10 that deeply suffering class of men,
poor gentlemen, Abcrncthy was always un-
ostcntatiously kir.d. lie had been known
TO give up visit to duke to drive off to
Somcr's Town after some unknown poor
man Of intellect who had driven his brain
too hard. Operations he considered Justly
the rcproach OF lis profession. lie saved
where others would have cut. Aberncthv
was essentially. and we trust we have prov
ed it. Cor We must shut the door suddenly
OH our SUBJECT II Lrarc anil honca man. -
There is a good story told by Abcrnethy' S
biographcr, Mr. Macilwan. Of honest John
attending mis"r lie found him badly
dressed and i'll Il shabby room. aud SGT him
down al once as poor gentleman. On 60
ing he refused his fec, kindly. but decisive
ly. The miscr begged him not to be de-
ceivcd 10y appearances. but to take his
! guinca-he could afford it-wcll afford it.
Ahcrncthy, stubborn and misirnstful. kept
backing out and declining. The old gen
tlcman. getting vcxcd, forgot himself at
last, and fairly screamed cut, poking it at
! the doctor,
BY -, sir, insist on your taking it =
BY -, sir. wont" roarcd Abernc,hy,
boiling out and slamming the door after
him-thc rejected guinea dropping at his
back and inside the door.
The stories of Abcrnethy's violence and
bluutTcss arc inuumcraLle, but many of
! them arc spurious. The cause of his irri-
liability may be easily defined a blunt,
honest, pugnacious nature falling on shy,
sensitive temperament, that used it as a
coat of armor Climate, indigestion. and
an ovcr-workcd brain increased this irrita-
tive scusitivcDcss till it grew into habit.
perhaps heightened by shrcwd sense OF
humor, and the consciousness Of the use of
such Il manner as sword and shield a.
gaiust inSolent pride. This manner Of the
doctors, perhaps, brought more patients to
the door than it frightened away Pco-
pie thought the rough man that every one
dreaded could be trusted. They argued,
lie will not delay us with soft words, and
when We are past cure, pack us of to die,
forgotten, in Madeira or Nice. No. be
will at once slip of our bandagc. probe us
deep. and tell us ii there be death or life.
But VIC must conclude. and shut the
vault again on an h9Dcst doctor -Lontlou
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