Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-08-18
A Model Doctor.

! A Model Doctor.
STEVENS, of Massachusetts, was one of
those who had rather risk being disturbed
at nights for an insignificant complaint,
than to expose himself to the necessity of
putting to the debt of his conscience
dead body that he might have coDjured
into life He related to me some very
amusing facts and of a nature to excuse,
to certain point, the under forwardness
that certain physicians show to disturb
their sleep for unknown patients.
One night, big fellow of lackey,
gilt-edged and laced all over, pulled the
bell violently at the doctors door.
| 1t was winter. 1t froze so hard that 1t
would have made white bear shiYer.
Three o'clock had just struck.
| The lackey came, in absence OF the
ordinary physician of his mistress, Madam
R., TO claim the immediate cares OF
the doctor. The case was urgent; there
was not moment to be lost.
Fuming as he did, the doctor rose,
dressed in haste and ran-benrmbed with
! cold, and harassed with fatigue-to the
house OF the distinguished patient.
At the first glance, he perceived that he
had to deal with a distempered magma
| ton.
"Ah doctor" said the fine lady. chow
| glad l am 10 see you"
"Why," said the doctor, "you are in
better health than am-you are as fresh
ss Q rose |"
"Ahl how pleased am" she added,
| saying, 81 wanted TO be putin heart again.
However, something unusual happens to
Rss
II am hungry"
| The doctors first impulse was TO get
angry, and 20 home to bed again, by
sending ~ Pluto's gloomy region this too
| healthy patient, but he refrsined from it.
Truly" said he, "this hunger at three
| o'clock at night, and such cold weather, is
q serious matter, and you have done well
not to wait for daylight to consult me-"
Dear me, doctor, prescribe; shall
take what you please, only that | may
get better"
Madam, do you like chocolate ?"
80! much indeed, DOCTOR"
| "And brioshes!"
| 80, also very much; l always have
some in the house"
"Very good. Let chocolate be made
| Immediately. You shall take cup with
one brosh two, If you like"
"And then, afterwards, doctorf"
afterwards you will feel relieved, and
you can sleep-and l, too. But what /
offer you now is but q palliative. You
| will feel the symptoms Of the same trou-
bic to. morrow, about 10 o'clock in the
morning"
II shall feel hungry, doctorf"
ayes, madam, you have an intermit'
| tent chronic affection which, must con.
fees, would become mortal il you did not
ens rgetically combat against IT,"
40 doctor! have done well then to
send for you. Cook! hasten, then the
chocolate and the brioshes; is 1t not 30,
doctor 7"
40 yes certainly. For the rest of the
medication am going to write out my
consultation"
"Will it be very bad to take, what you
order me, doctor."
"On the contrary, madam it win be
excellent"
And the doctor grsvely wrote as fol
lows:
ITO take every morning, fasting, .
good-sized mutton chop, which must be
accompanied with fresh piece OF bread,
upon which slight coat OF Goshen butter
must be spread. For beverage, two or
three glasses of old Medoc.
"If this medicine functions well, as
am very well assured 1t will, 1t will be
necessary, five hours later, to take slice
of the breast OF fowl, likewise accom-.
panied with piece Of fresh bread, with
the same fresh butter Of Goshen.
"Then to wait patiently the effect Of
this second quieting potion until six or
seven o'clock. At that time-if my dag
| noatic In cerfafu--the symutOrns OF the