The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-04-30


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~ beran: II vas horn in the wear --.
IL tbe county of ---.---- Ireland . and
Abernothv burst into I laugh and entered
nronerlv nto:h;. eese. u lailv delerm;n.
ed e he hr;ef and "a :hnmor 'the tvr.nts
ma d.v entsr.d h;s consnlt;no room and
thrustine uut IN iniured hand. merely
ada: ..My thumb. sir.' "You. madam.
he exclaimed in admiration. "are The oniv
sensible woman ever had for 4 n.t;ent q
;, A eentleman. eouallv determ;ned.
being rouehlvs. interrunted. snddenlv
locked tho door. nut the Fev IN his nocE:t
and insisted On beinp ho.rd. Ahernethv
sm;led. And comnl;mented I'll. n.t;ens =,
his resolution. TO : eentlemen Who ave
linn twenty pounds to re.atfenfFh ;s 1;fe.
he said: aAre Won the fool who cave me-
twenty mounds The er-dav1 a. home
and tell vour wife to dine earli.r and e.t
less: and do YOU keen your money in
your pocket. for no doctors advice ia
worth twenty pounds." To a l.dv he
said severely: .sGo home and tell vour
husband that he will not have = wife this
day six MONTHS
Abernethv w.s no resnector If nersons
Poor or rich. his nat;ents had to euhm;s.
s;velv t.ke Their tnrns NJ thsv m;oht 20
elsewhere. An anerv nohiem.p on 80
broke into his room. Aud stated his ronI
and position in full. and .sked
Abernethv If he knew who ha vas ~
this Abernethy replied: "And 7. sir. an
John Alternative surveon.lectnrar ~" of
St. Bartholomew Hospital, etc. and if
YOU wish to consult me- / am nov re.dv
TO hear what YOU have to saw in return.
SIR" The Duke of Wellington, angry at
having to wait his turn, abruptly entered
his room. Aberhethy asked him how he
had entered. "By the door. sir. :" ..Then. -
said the irascible doctor. 81 recommend
you to make your exit the same w.v.
He is also said to have refused ia attend
George Nv. till his lecture 1t the hospital
was over: The point on which Abernethv
most insisted was the stomach. and
through that important organ he Declared
that all diseases could be cured, The
celebrated biscuit which he used t. eat
and recommended were not 80 called
from him, but from the baker who first
invented them. That there WAS kindness
in Abernethy, who can denv who remem-
bers the story of how he returned all his
fees to poor poor widow who had con-.
suited him. and added 1iftv mounds tn en-.
able her to rive her sick child . da;iv
ride! He had horror of operations, and
rejoiced when the evil could be averted
without such rough and terrible rene
dies.
We must not forget to enroll among
our doctors the poet doctor. Akcnside.
who at the age of %, wrote the "Plcas.
ures of the Imagination" poem which
Pope admired and eulogised. Akensidc
is described by one of his biographcrs as
. bundle of contradiction. By turns he
"-~ placid, irritable-simple, affected
gracious, haushty-mean, bepevolent--kind
and brutal. He is described as thin, pale
and lame. He was rough to women, and
sometimes paced the hospital preceded
by porters with brooms, to drive back
the crowd. The poets classical tastes
were ridiculed by Smollett in Peregrine
Pickle; nor can we wonder at Smollett's
ridicule when We read the stories of AIKEN.
sides sourness and arrogance. 1.-The bull.
lied his poorer patients, as we are told he
did, we can only rejoice at the mortiRca-
ZION ne must nave 1eit when one of the
governors Of st Thomas plainly told
him: "Anow thou art servant Of this
enarny'
Among eccentric physicians, we cannot
select better instance than Garrick' 8
enemy, the facetious DR.. Monsey. A
poor doctor at Bury St. Edmunds, he Oh.
| tainod a natron hv cov;cr I..l n.