Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-17
VICKSBURG WEEKLY HERALD, FRIDAY, MAY II, 1873.

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man aud : good phyaleian while every
friend | have met bsrs has . word 10
say In favor of his own doctor, and
with one Of whom | went 10 SEQ DR..
Philter, who prescribed his own soap,
10 Latin lingo, with verbal directions
In English, 10 buy il at Mr., MOrtar's.
At u OF the large hotels here l met
to-day an accomplished lady friend
from Indiana, now 9 great invalid,
who told me that she sought the ser.
vices Of q doctor simply for the pur-
pose Of getting bath directions. During
the interview the medical gentleman al.
luded 10 the visit TO the Springs, not
long since, of an eminent homeopathic
doctor from New York who had left
him some pellets. which he would sug.
gest her trying. She thought it sale 10
take them when recommended by an
all0pathiC apostle, aud so consented.
II was an unfortunate step. She Is now
undergoing a series OF Cuppiug aud
blistering, that would soon finish a
SamsOn-the grest waters merely play.
ing a very feeble second.
There are persons here wnh all kinds
aud character OF diseases-in the varied
stages incident 10 i'll. health-but it
strikes me at this early day after my
arrival, that of all the whole cAtego-
ry "lrom A 10 lizard" that disease
which is most prevalent, most con,age.
Gus, most Viruient, aud hardest 10 cure,
10 the doctor" fever. In some respects
ii is worse than the measles or the
smallpox, Often people come in con.
tact with these and fail 10 contract the
malady, but the instance is not Of re.
cord where ore, OF later years, came
here aud failed to be sM 'cted with the
doctor" fever, and more especially II
be was suspected, ON arrival, of having
q po%cket.bOok with q little money Ia 1t.
When one thinks of 1t, or has himself
"been there" this Is not TO be wonder.
ed at. In very many cases the trip
here is made at great sacrifice Of time
aud money, and often 10 Q last resort
by those broken In health. Being
here, the anxious invalid, be-ieged by
nearly every one with whom he comes
Ia contact advised 10 { insult q doctor,
feels that Il would perhaps be folly to
make q miserble failure In his efforts to
effect a cure by q little misdireCtOd
economy, and, reasoning In this chan.
mel, follows the great thrOng aud soon
marches into q Doctors shop. Even
the poor fellows VITO have to crowd
intO the miserable mud holes free TO
the public, aud who ultimately go away
restored to health withouta particle of
medicine having passed their lips (f
their ailments are susceptible 10 the
healing properties Of the water take
their baths with doletul countenances
aud IN gloomy silence, as if their
chances Of getting we'll without The
intei venIiOn of a doctor were iraiI "a
deed-shOwing that even 10 N LII!
Town" where dwell, III rude hu's aud
-hanties, the very, very poor. this ever.
! IsIing doctor fevet" has reached out
its gaunt arms aud stricken the unfor-
tunate population. Oh, poor Kelley
Town! without the means wherewith
to cure thy unhappy people Of this
great disorder, how better 1t were for
you just now If such q word as doc
tor" mad always been unknown to you!
Then, indeed, might you bathe free
from fear, and in the strong hope that
your long and weary journey seeking
health had not been In vain.
But II must not be supposed that Of
the army Of doctors here, (the number
being estimated all the way from fifty
to q hundred) there are nj good aud
conscientious physicians among them.
| am assured there are some, but my in
formation further extends 10 the fact
that the worthy ones are not those who
do the driving business. The quacks
thrive best. Why, l was told yester-
day by g lady who has been here sever.
al weeks, of a good physician whom
she knew whose charges were moder.
ate, and who always advised those con-
sulling him TO leave at once If he con-
scienliously believed the walters would
not benefit them, and this, too, without
regard to the length OF their purse or
how well filed. Aud this fair man Ia
not popular here, especially with hotel
men, shop vendors aud bath owners,
Il is not In the nature Of things here
that he should be. The gents who have
the ability 10 hold a patient till the cen.
ter Of bis pocket.book is knocked clear
into kingdom come, aud the bottom oil
il raked as with a double.shovel, are
the choice spirits to whom strangers
are direc'ed, as a general thing, tor
medical advice.
But there is another verse. B. Ii. ?