The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-06-24
The Doctor Scared.

tioWing lnciuenL recently Oc-
Cured in the office of leading Williams.
burg physician, who, for reasons that
Will be easily understood as the story
proceeds, requests that his name be with
held. The facts were related to a re-
porter by the doctor himself, in nearly the
following language:
You remember, perhaps, that not
long ago my services were required by
gang OF thieves, leading spirit of whom
was Patsy Burns. When called in to at
tend him, l saw there was no hope. and
Burns soon after died. NV bill was
something like one hundred dollars. for
had attended him through a long i'll
ness. Some weeks passed, and one day
in came his sister, and handed me fifty
dollars. A few days after that his wife
came and paid in the balance. Burns
mad cousin, a powerful fellow, with
Naming red hair, with whom / became
acquainted while attending Patsy. On
entering my Office one afternoon was
surprised to find this fellow sitting in a
chair, with his head thrown back as if in
pain.
$50 Well, said / inquiringly.
oh, DOctOrp was the reply. in n
very faint voice. Eve swallowed a
bone, and it has been there all night
60 Nonsense 1 returned. you are
breathing all right, which would not be
the case if you had bone in your throat
But tell you, Doctor, that have.
You see, l got drunk last night. and
ate some fish chowder; and when / |
awoke this morning, there was that bone
in my throat
"TO satisfy him, I opened my case of
instruments, and took out probang.
which is a long, slender instrument, with
ball at one end and buadle of threads
at the other, the design of the threads
being to catch pins, needles, bones, or
anything that may by chance become
lodged in the human throat. accord
lngly inserted the probang, thread end
first, into his throat, and withdrew it.
only to find, as 1 had suspected, that he
was mistaken. Then, to further reassure
lim, l reversed the instrument, and with
precisely the same results.
"See here said / you may DOS
lbly have swallowed bone, but il has
passed into your stomach. Your throat
probably irritated, and that is what
'ou feel '
II then returned to the opposite side !
4 my table, and sitting down. partially
urned my back to him, and began writ
ng prescription to aliay the irritation
'hich he experienced. While doing SO. a
suddenly heard a gurgling sound, and t
arning around beheld sight that G
aused me TO leap from my chair as 4
hough electrified. My patient had j
1rown himself back in his chair, and n
hen =! looked up had the probang in q
,rted Its full length into his throat. Il
ly movement startled him. l heard a Il
lick, and at the same moment he drew a
P the broken end of the instrument. a.
ly position dawned upon me in an in. fl
ant. Suppose the man should die !? Il
n investigation would follow, and, as
as alone, no explanation of mine would
sufhclent to convince cOroner's Jury
1T that had been culpably negligent
my treatment of the fellow. With a Of
,und l reached his side, and with a 81 sni
ut still, you fool, or you are dead So
an /! seized his throat with my left hand lai
id thrust my two forefngers into his at
Outh. l breathed sigh of relief as Ia
fingers just grasped the broken end &c
the instrument and gently extracted ds
;" came very near being dead man $50 80
didn't i, DoctorT calculated my pa =
mt. his face ashy pale and his limbs s ss,
aking with fright. spf
was SO angry that my only reply H HS
8, Get out Of my office-clear out. Flo Flo
i don't let me ever see you here again. WI
went out, but l tell you it was a long R Ry,
le before my nerves regained their Cor
lal composure. Dat