The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-11-28
DOCTORS AND PATIENTS,
Odd Anecdotes of Healing Art.

from review Of a curious book, "Doc-
| tors and Patients" by the late Mr..
! limbs, in Chambers Journal: One is
told about very famous man, although
not a famous Doctor, oliver GOLDSMITH,
whose medical career ended III the
house of lady, personal friend OF his
loWn, one Mrs. SldebOtham. lie was
prescribing for Aer, and he and the
apothecary quarreled over the dose, the
lady siding with the compounder of
drugs, This was more than the NJ. ID.
could stand. He rushed out of the room
in violent passion, and SAID to T0pham
Beauclerc, whom he met: Il am deter
mined henceforth TO leave OF prescribing
for nv friends" "Do so," said the wit
ldryly. SIN future, when you undertake
to kill, let it only be your enemies."
Most people nave heard OF Aber-
lnethy's gruffness; here is an anecdote
which shows how truly kind and liberal
no could be at times. In the years 1918
Lieut.. D. tell from his horse in Lou
don and sustained fracture OF the skull
and arm. Mr. Abernelhy was the near
est surgeon, and, being sent for, con-
tinued his attendance daily, for months.
When the patient became convalescent
he was enjOined by Abe.nethy to proceed
| to Margate and adopt shelltish diet. The
patient requested to know the extent OIL
| Young woman? inquired Abernethy,
smiliHgly. "She is my wife," What is
YOUR rank in the army?" 81 am hall
Day Lieutenant" "Oh, very well; wait
iii YOU are a General, then come and
/ see inc and we'll talk about it,"
Inc realms OF quackery, like the more
regular paths OF medicine, were never
entirely free from the inyasiOns Of the
softer sex One Of the most notable
uuacks Vt her day was MIS-. Mapp, the
bone setter, who resided at EPSON. She
was the daughter OF bone setter named
Wallin, and some have alleged that she
was the sister of the celebrated actress
J who subsequently became Duchess OF
f Bolton; LuJ this, Mr.. IlmDS says, Is a
mistake. However she acquired her
: skill, she was certainly very successlui
l in her treatment of fractured bones, dis
} locations, and even OF structural uelof-
lmitles, OF which she was alleged 10 nave
nnrformed some wonderful cures. She
was tall, raW-0oneu, exceedingly
} nlainlooking woman, and her strength
was SO great that she required no assist
ance in replacing mans dlslocated
shoulder. vi THIS strength she one day
made n curious use. A fellow was sent
| to her by some doctors, VINO pretended
= mat he had disl0cated wrist. she took
= Mold of it, saw that it was ali right, aud
with a single wrench turned his ielgn-
ing into earnestness. "InereF' she
. SAID. "Go back to the fools that sent you,
s and get them to set your WrlsL; or, II you
J. como back TINS day month"; WIZ no IL
tor vou my self" While stIll basking III
Ihe sunshine of fortune, this strong
S minded, or at least strong armed, pract
$ tioner determined to marry, the object o
q her choice being Hill Mapp, a ootmaL
IN the employ OF a mercer oil LuuGatt
II Hin. The marriage Was not fortunate
is one: Mr.. Mupp was not gO0d husband
il nor dld he give his connuDlal lelctY !
long trial, for he absconued III less tnal
a week, taking with him as souVeui
- of his short Aoneymron, purse OF lo
Z quineas which his lady lappeheu 10 nave
II m lie house. And i'll the D9ctmDer 0
ol the followlug yeav, her short hour OF pop
- II ar favor over, the once famous pont
IL setter died mlserably poor at hef loug
e ings in IL e Seven Dlals,a as fIt'"oulS
1t sny. was indebted 10 the parish !or col
If tiu and Il grave.
MIR. limbs next treats of corpulence
~ mapv recipes for the cure OF Wllch ar
q riyuu. We read of q Spanish Genera
Of Who by flee use OF vinegar reduced M
~ SIZE 80 much thai be could folu MS SKI
~ around his body like a garment. Hoy
10 long he lived alter he had eHected thi
y som w uitI uItl mn lShuSpANA ~ SNN'h 1
Of luoL recorded. 1t is u WEAKNESS TO tn
= flesh to be TOO fat; it is almost an equo
y atliction to be too lean. Larfey, cGlt
D. bra:ed French surgeon, mentions q
to unfortunate priest wno became SO thi
that he was at last unable to go throug
the celebration OF mass. His bones an
ns ioints became so dry THAT at every gel
Jnhpxlon they cracked in such loud an
~ strange manner that the faithful wei
lu terrified and the iaithless laughed" NJ
yh Banting's struggle with corpulenc9
or amusingly descrlbed; ana as ne won u
battle and became "thinner anu hal
Je. nier man" those who think themselye
he 100 lat may, if they choose to run I'll
ly risk, 90 and do likewise.
:. An interesting chapter treats abot
IL matters pertainIngto to the hair and heart
er MANY instances are recorded IN Whlc
nd vivid mental emotions OF painful kln'
~ Isucb as extreme terror, have blanche
''' tie hair almost instautaneouSly.
zee prison the hair OF Maria Antoinette b
rs came suddenly white; aud Ludwig, hlL
nd OF Bavaria, who had caused MS Wlle
:, he nut to death in tit of jealous frenz
NJ on hearing her innocence, suffered sue
fiji extreme remorse that "his halr becam
lea in n. moment as white as snow" Apr
;oh nos of hair-dyes, there is an amusll
'H anccdote of o lady who was Deglnnil
an. to get elderly, and who once said
ex. Douglas Jerrold: Il can not imagi'
he what makes my hair turn gray; som
hlo times fancy it must be essence OF ros
0'e mary with which my maid is in The hat
ian of brushing it. What do you think
Il should Ue rather afraid, madam"
piled the witty dramatist, "that
the must be the essence or tlme."
tho Many interesting anecdotes are give
to Illustrate the remarkable contagiol
ers power of typhus fever and the pagu
Dur Cotton shipped from port infected
the the plague is sometimes impregnatt
WY with such poisonous rtfiuVium that i
az slauces have been known Of people belI
will struck down dead while opening u
re. bales. The Arabs, who are iatalists, s.
os l,dom resort TO medicine to cure I'll
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