Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-05-10
THE YOUNG DOCTOR.
HIS INTRODUCTION TO THE OLD LADY
WHO DOCTORED SAM sLO- s|
Guns WIFE.
WITH OTHER TRIBCLATIONs AND TRIALS
OF A YOUTHFUL PILLAB AGGER.

WITH OTHER TRIBCLATIONS AND TRIALS
OF A YOUTHFUL PILLAB AGGER.
1T the banquet given to the M issouri
.Me{dlieal Association At the st. James
uotel III hails;tS SIty, OI1 zsf'~r- 4 sh
inst, the chairman called upon DR..
Willis p. King, Of Scdalia, to respond
to the toast, ''The Central District
Medical Association" The ininitable
drolIery of the Doctors manner is OF
course lost in the foi!owlrg 9 report of
his remarks, but the matter is also
full Of humor. He SAID: ...-.s-.-
Mr.. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN
As | have not prepared a speech !
will have to 90 off by spontaneous
combustion. ....ss ...t ....-..... ....
i know it would be the proper thing
/ for Inc TO say that | did not expect TO
be called upon for a speech tonight !;
but it would not be true. / am thus
particular about telling the truth in
the beginning because / want to get
your confidence, when / will proceed
to vood .,,o, ost,.o,, br +oll;nr va,
some things that are not true. GL.augh-
ter. ! ....... ......
lam clad that bava- hean called
upon to saw something in REGARD to
the experiences Of the voung phvsi-
clan. fort have q warm and tender
place IN nav heart for the voune doc
tors. No one knows. except the
vounr doctor bimsnlr how bis bnort
palnftatcs over his first case Of sick
moss and how hi. soul vaarps for an
endemic of measles or chicken pox,
| TLoud laughter. I ...
After oradratad. II wears 400. 7
started out from Sedalia on horse
back. To where nv family had moved
while | WAS at COLLEGE. I will re-
mark. while possino. that the first
tbino did when I arrived at the state
of manhood was IN pet family 7
had heard that if WA, hest and that
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! Il'lN55A A'ei "i1sA "pf'iau7e'J -.
! On my second night out stayed
all night Oh the banks of the Osagt
river. During the evening a neigh.
hor ,o,oa :, o,d cow ,,,, nil hoaa
NJ ~,
Nheii S'afte't OUT Tue next morning
| met the same neighbor in company
with an awkward youth of about eight
con summers or summers thereabout
rr.,,-r..u7
LH- N'ei'J
! Inc youth had his hahd acd up In
a bundle about the size of yearllne
mule. Laughter. ...... .
lie asked me If I was n doctor
- .'.,. - n
'oiu nm L 'ho"sN' 1 WIS u te''ii,
did think So, gentlemen Laugh
ter. ..-- ....Eg
He proceeded to undo his hand b,
,,nvron,,inc h,no cloth from him II,
n IT.. r =, -, -
'i'eli 'ooA o'' All o'>' is" sh""i' u'i
winding toward him. lie proceeded
in this way until he finally reached hi:
hand. He had a felon. We went t(
the house. / remembered the instruc
tons of my friend, DIR. Gregory, tc
get the patient behind you when yor
go to lance u felon, with his arm un
der your arm. got him in this po
sition, put my knife down to the bon,
and walked out on his phalanx. ZAP.
plause and laughter. a -a7.H.
lie grabbed his sick hand with hi!
well one and hoped around on ons
foot and howled like wolf with ,
grindstone on his tail, while ! washed
my knife. He got out his only hal
dollar / took it, and felt like high
way robber. Loud applause.
l had q young and tender con
science then, gentlemen, but l hay,
got over all that now. Laughter.
can take the last cent IAN ha
without any computations. Laugh.
ter, | would have liked very mucl
] to have kept that half dollar, us it wa
my FIRST fee but had to spend it.
was like the boy in the novel, poor, ,bu
honest. Laughter. 1 am poor yet
LAppianse ana laughter'J
arrived nome In due time ant
went INTO the practice, l had all thu
|, experience common to young physi
clans. L met the old lady who doc.
tored Sam Slocum's wife when she
was sick. She was handy with mus
tard draft and hot poultice. She
wore a ~art on her nose and REQ
oandanna handkerchief oE her head
Loud laughter. .at..g ss.-
The old lady and / became fast
friends and would have remained sc
until this day, if the old lady had not
taken the cramp collie. was called
4 to see her and concluded to cup her.