The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-08-01
pHYMCIANB' PRESCRIPTIONS.

stood between the patient and prema'
ture grave, by detecting and correcting
such errors. Not long since prominent
physician, wishing to prescribe Btrych.
nine IN one.sixteenth Of grain doses, in
RdVertently wrote "1G grains" and the
prescription went to the apothecary In
that form. OF course he knew better
than 10 dispense II; otherwise there would
have been zone moro unfortunate gone 70
his death"
A very eminent physician Of this city,
long since deceased, and who during his
lifeline achieved a worldwide fame In
connection. with the subject Of digestion,
was In the habit Of writing his presCrip-
tiOns IN the manner mentioned above.
This led him once into an amusing rath-
or than q dangerous mistake in misplace
ing quantities. he intended to prescribe
ten drops of oil Of cubebs made into iOrty
pills. What he really did prescribe was
iorty drops mAdenint0s ten pillsss in the
case Of essential oils being made into pills
it is necessary 10 use come bibulOus sub.
stance as an GbsorbAnt, the most usual Of
which Il liCOrice powder, with extract OF
liquorice and sirup to form plastic mass.
OF course such Q quantity Of oil required
large proportion Of powder, and the
pills, In consequence, were wonderful to
behold-Bomething approximatinG to-
ward q muSlret ball In size. Just as they
wer6 completed by the appothe cary-sthe
doctor happened TO drop IN, and not
knowing thSt they were by his presehp7
ton, was very merry over them. He
thought the patient would certainly want
a rammer to get them down. His Sur,
prise may be imagined when no learned
who had prescribed them.
.s.. PLAcRBos.
It's surprising what faith some people
have In medicine, They are continually
feeling their pulse, looking Of the tongue,
Investigating the whites Of their eyes,
diagnosing their liVers, or some nonsense
Of that t-nonsense, ct least, when not
performed by o skilllul physician. Of
course they always find good cause for
taking pills, powders or inostrums, and 30
manage 10 keep themselves In perpetual
ill.healIh. A gentleman Of this description,
who was q leading merchant In this city,
used TO be good customer to q drug
store kept by friend OF his. Nearly
every day he called 10 have some new
prescription put up, usually extracted
from newspaper or almanac. His friend,
the druggist, made many unsVailing re.
monsrances against such a course, and re-
c ~ H..,t ~ I ,,,o,;IJ tdIs M Sd9ice He
toI, Tu' no L IIIE Int =, ,,rSor.ton1 bis
s saN 'u SS III tsiS ssSsNIrss noIhin0
C az :, a a1tn. ~ IN, 4 < incT hetteT
no ~ Tvs n Az teI-e ,1e;, Se cnnIdnit
Hnu " SSsss,s5 sjtSS II.S nm q nre.
I nv, - ~ n ;bS e AZ formula
s o.i I'hIoi Il n o,d REGIME
H ~, Thai ,%St 1870 belong IA Ia grand
i TTEn ' His Sis,il ISiieg fbSf Tessonable
, roroons,rsTcs xii s fSSsIsSs and % he
sSiJ. %Ssa bsrSs ~ 's Il nave been INIT.
aIu -, 80 ,So5IojSd; ~ I,n;i iS5 IoSS tbSt
Ius " ,,n's oonS,,t1tiGn iiLo a bo6k and I
Ha lo Uu oSrns rjIIS tb At yifT inst meat
S GSn IA ~ 49, 80 SI.c III AMI ssdvise
yoH' "a 5san that ;s,nl5 3 raciris.L and
~ ~ ~ S,toss,thS1 "a iynis1 S'TtTt Was
H los 5Se,.rit 70 n ,SIni him u that
n nOs oS bo ,,so siwsTG Teadv enorVht 10
tr HI evor y new ne thing nat ma snDrested
NJ - 1000 thsSeI,non mode rim nm
1 nno S,iIIs "a bre"J cr,,nobu fiSTorSd viii
oot Ms,I P ao.OorsSSS iii HInSf ~ MIDI Inc
80. n1It IN, i,noS,S a. he exnisine1 N Sis
tsi sSo1 10Y AZ H.ys yerv nrecias ani mI,nte
i 5,soo,ior1 ~ ,Sk,TSy tEsm Te Waa IN
;rJ,ISS t;S ~ more obamoagne srpueifis
hScSi,Ss Ibev TeFo incombstible with
mat lind n Hill, For thOpOTne reaSon he
was to abstain from brandy.smashes and
things, nor was he 70 cay such heavy din
ners q he WA N the habit o. doing. beT
cause = he did the Pln., would 90 MIN no
good. / Frank promised Implicit opedleqce
10 these stringent direOtlon9s and KEPT MS
promise, Every morning before break
East he pnnctuAlly took hia pull and re-
peAted The dose on going 70 bed o. night
Just as punCtuAlly. a. Abstinence nom
champagne and brandy soon cured his
blOOd.shOt eyes, and moderate leeding fe'
stored ToundneS and tplness 70 his mus
cles. ), In few weeks no was 9 nav man,
and his confidence In those pills was 80
unbOunded that hethuught be, could not
i've without them and 20 Continued 10
take them for several years. BE was
ever boosting Of the medical skin of his
friend, the 'apothecafY, and affirmed, in
language more iorclble than elegant, that
he was the only man that fully under