The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-11
A Model DOctor.

tnOso VINO Edu Iatner riSK D9l0g C1SturDeQ
at nights for an insignificant complaint,
than TO expose himself to the necessity of
putting to the debt of his conscience a
dead body that he might have conjured
into life. He related to me some very
| amusing facts and Of nature to excuse,
| to q certain point, the under-forwardness
that certain physicians show to disturb
their sleep for unknown patients.
One night, big fellow of a lackey,
giit-edged and laced all over, pulled the
| tell violently ct TIE doctors door.
ls WAS winter. 1t froza SO hard that il
would have made g white beal shiver
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 oi
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-benumbed with
| cold, and baraesed with fstigue-to tie
At the first glance, he perceived that he
had to deal with q distempered imagina
| tion.
"Ah doctor" said the fine lady, chow
glad au to see you"
y
better health than am-you are as fresE
as rose p
"Ahi how pleased / am" she added
saying, 81 wanted TO be put in heart again
However, something unusual happens tt
me-"
"Whatf"
81 am hungry"
The dector's first impulse was to ge
\ h.y
sending to Pluto's gloomy region this toe
healthy patient, but he refralned from it
Truly" said he, "this hunger at three
o'clock at night, and such cold weather, ];
a serious matter, and you have done well
not to wait for daylight to consult me-"
"Dear me, doctor, prescribe; | shal
take what you please, only that / may
get better"
"Madam, do you like chocolate ?"
90 mucn indeed, doctor"
"And briOshes?"
40, also very much; l always have
some in the house"
"Very good. Let chocolate be made
Immediately. You shall take cup Will
one briosh; two, if you ike"
"And then, afterwards, doctors"
afterwards you will feel relieved, an(
you can sieep-and /, too. But what
| offer you now is but palliative. Yol
will feel the symptoms of the same trou
bic to morrow, about 10 O'clock n th'
morning"
al shall feel hungry, doctor?"
" Yes, madam, you have an internlt
tent chronic affection which, must con
fess, would become mortal If you did no
en-. rgetically combat against it,"
90 doctor! | have done well then tt
send fer you. Cooki hasten, then the
chocolate and the brioshes; is it not so
doctor ~
"Oyes! certainly. For the rest of tt,
medication am going to write cut ny
consultation"
"Wtli it be very bad to take, what yol
order me, doctorf"
"On the contrary, madam; it will b
excallent."
And the doctor grsvely wrote as fol
lows:
"To take every morning, fasting,
good-sized mutton chop, which must b.
accom- panied with freah piece of bread
upon which slight coat OF Goshen butte
must be spread. For beverage, two O
three glasses of old AeGoc,
eff this medicine functions well, as
am very well assured it will, it will b
necessary, five hours later, to take a slic
of the breast of fowl, likewise accom-
panied with piece of fresh bread, witt
the same fresh butter of Goshen.
"Then TO wait patiently the effect o
this second quieting potion until six o
seven o'clock. AT that time-if my dag
nostic is certsin-the symptoms OF tn
disease will appear again. The patient
for the third time of the day, will feel tn
sting OF hunger. There is nothing in TIL
relapse (which must Gisquiet her, an
which cannot, victoriously, be battle'
with by science.
"The patient must sit down to the tahl
and eat a little OF everything that is agree
able TO the palate. Soon this obstinst
dis.emper will again yield before this re
gimen. And even towards the end OF thi
I2gustation, the patient will feel q certai
well -beipg-a natural effect Of q beginnin
of good digestion.
For the remainder, | advise the patien
to Change nothing in her habits.
"STEvRNs,
doctor at B.
an. BE another attack will man
fest itself at night, a cup of chocolate, wit
brioshes, or simply piece of bread an
cheese, would suffice to combat it Wit
success"
The next morning she sent the docto
hundred dollars, with the follOWin
note:
DEAR DoCToR-Your medication ha
done wonders. The chocolate and th
brioshes have calmed extremely We
my nocturnal hunger; and this mornin
the mutton-chop L took-fasting
ingstO your prescription, has produce
the same happy effect All Let any on
henceforth dare deny, before me, the r'
suit Of science ~
This kind note and the hundred dollar
easily consoled the doctor for his night s
aWkWardly troubled.
| Erect Carriage.