New Orleans Republican., 1877-05-09
A western Doctor'u Experience.

At the banquet given to the Missouri
Medical Association at the ST. James
Hotel in this city on the eighteenth ulti-
mo, says the Kansas City Times, the chair
man called on DIR. Willis P. King, of Sc
dalia, to respond to the toast, "rhe Cen
trail District Medical Association" The
inimitable drollery of the doctors manner
is, of course, lost in the following report
of his remarks, but the matter is also full
of humor. He said:-
Mr.. President and Gentlemen-As l
have not prepared speech will have to
go off by spontaneous combustion.
know it would be the proper thing for
me to say that did not expect to be called
upon for speech tonight: but it would
mot be true. am thus particular about
telling the truth in the beginning because
want to get your confidence, when will
proceed to lead you astray by telling you
some things that are not true.
1 am glad that have been called upon
10 say something in regard to the expe-
Yiencies Of the young physician, for have
o warm and tender place in my heart for
the young doctors. No one knows, except
the young doctor himself, how his heart
palpitates over his first case of sickness,
and how his soul yearns for an epidemic
OF measles ana CnlckSu-pO4
After graduated, eleven years ago,
started out from Sedalia, on horseback, to
the far Southwest, where my family had
moved while was at college. will re-
mark, while passing, that the first thing l
did when arrived at the state of man
hood was to get family. had heard
that it was best, and that no family should
BE- without one.
On my second night out I stayed all
night on the banks of the Usage river.
During the evening 9 neighbor came in
and saw my pill bags. When started out
the next morning met the same neigh
Dor in company with an awkward youth
Of about eighteen summers, or summers
khereabouts.
The youth had his hand tied upsin
bundle about the size of . yearling mule.
He asked me if was g doctor. / told
bin thOnght was. 4 really did think
30, gentlemen.
He proceeded to undo his hand by un-
wrapping blue cloth from him. He then
took off an old red shawl, unwinding to-
ward him. Ke proceeded an this way IN
Ill he finally reached his hand. He had
4 felon. We went to the house. / re-
membered the instructions of my friend,
DR.. Gregory, to get the patient behind
YOU when you go to lance a felon, with
his arm under your arm. I got him in
4his position, put my knife down to the
bone, and walked out on his phalanxl
He grabbed his sick hand with the we'll
one, and hopped around on one foot, and
howled like wolf with grindstone on
his tail, while washed my knife. He got
out his only half dollar. ] took it, and
felt like highway robber.
had 3 young and tender conscience
then, gentlemen, bnt / have got over all
that now. l can take the last cen q man
has without any compunctions. I would
have liked very mach TO have kept that
half dollar, as It was my first fee; but
had to spend It. was like the boy in
the novel poor, but honest. I am poor
yet. / arrived home il due time and
went into the practice. had all the ex-
perienees common to young pnysieians
met the old lady who doctored Sam
SioeHm's wife when she vas sick. She
vas handy uiSh 4 mustard draft and hot
p0ulliea. She wore 4 wart on her nose.
and red bandanna handkerchief on heg
AAd
4ns old lady and be1zIne fast friends,
and would have nemained S. until this
s 4 the old lady had not taken the
zFams eelie. ! #as called 70 see her, and
soncladed to euo her. i had no eupping
lases ana concluded 10 use q glass funl-
K Tes aId lady lad 8 good deal Of
ene in the pa1ietias of her abdo-
nea When put o. tbs glass her whole
afaazen a q run info tbs glass,
and when sead 10 fake Il % could
not ! WaEked and pulled and tbs Old
dy hq 7 gEppad n nnutterabls