Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1866-01-25
EEi5 First Case.

y young doctor who settled in NewLurn
soon attertt was captured by our forces, re-
lates the following good aaecdotc. He
writes
| had been student Of medicine in New
bern about three weeks, and had got as far
a cIpp!ug, cathartics and castor oil, in the
noble science Of physic, when | was sitting
IN the Office, invest! eating by induction the
medicinal properties Of q jar OF tamarind<,
| received note from my prcceptor which
ran thus
Mr.. - -, You will please take the
large cups and scarifcator, together with
large blister. UP to Mr.. j. and cup the
negro girl CLANCY freely over the steraune
and alter you have cupped her, apply the
blister oyer. the same. a. she has intama-
ton of the lungs"
/ In anatomy, the sternunl is that norton
OF the essecus system known in common
pal.ance as the breast bone, - but at that
time was ignorant of the fact. HAD not
studied anatomy, aa1, in my simplicity Of
heart, imagined the doctor wanted her to
be cupped and blistered posteTion.
Filled, therefore, with ] sense Of the del
icacy and momentous import OF my duty, |
provided myself with the necessary instru-
meats, and proceeded to cup CLANCY on the
Stey1,Unl.
BY way Of paronthcsis, let me create an
idea OF my patient, 50 you may appreciate
the field Of my operation.
Just imagine a butchers block. five feet
long and four feet through the butt, con
vertcd into fat, bouncing negro wench,
with smaller blocks appended for limbs, and
you have faint conception Of the fguro
and proportions OF the delectable portion Of
humanity upon whom my curative capah;I-
tiles were TO be exercised
How are you to-day, Chancy?" said I,
as. entering the cabin Of ny patient, stood
before her.
20 massa. young doctor.' sail she, Il
does feel 'mazing bad. The misery in my
bosom almost break my heart. lean scarce
ly prespire. .,
Re-spire, 1 suppose she meant; as judy
ing from the big drops which, like ebony
beads. chased each other down her cleaning
neck, l thought that she pcrspired beauti-
fully
Il am very sorry to hcay il, CLANCY
The doctor has scat me to cup and blister
you, and l hope it will relieve you entirely" "
We'll, the Lords will and the toctors
be done; this auCuished sister be's ready"
And she proceeded to divest her bosom
'of its colcealments, thinking that she had
to be cuplea over the seat of her pain.
Stop, CLANCY; | was not told to cup you
on the breast, but on the steymula."
WHAT shrcked she, rising straight up
in the bed, a great deal winter in the face
than she had been for many day.
It'll me. for the lub Of prostituted man
TT is You in airnest Oh, no certainly
you is joking-iust making 'musement Of do
stresses Of dis female. -
No, CLANCY; there's no mistake. Tho
doctor say, you must be cupped there; aud
it must and shall be done. So get ready
20 massa, young doctor, you must bo
mistaken, you must indeed. De pain 10
dar, but in my breast. How cupping dar
going to cure de pain in de breast, eh? Tel
me dat.
"Well, CLANCY, I don't know that I can
do that exactly; tu; | suppose 1t will be by
sympathy. ~
CLANCY, seeing that there was no retreat,
agreed at last to the operation. Click, click,
went the scarifcator: and amidst the shouts
of the patient, and my awful solicitude tor
fear | might Gus an artery, THE deed was
did. But no blood tiowed-nothing but
grease. | saw the cups were too infatuated
to draw blood from that quarter; so re-
moved them and applied the blister; but L
expect fly ointment was in great demand
about that time. When the doctorreturned,
after an absence of several hours, lie found
the patient entirely yeiierc3, and blister
drawn with about tub full Of water in its
interior. reckon she used chairs mighty
little for a few weeks. She got well; but
she never torgave me for making a medical
mistake and for while injured my reputa-
ton.