Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-12-05

ny VI AAAnNA 90 " Ahhl hNA l
disease existed only in her imagination
Finding her strongly rooted in her
opinion, begged time to think over
her distressing case. and 90 her CALI |
ing on me the day after, informed
her with as solemn and DortenliOus
look as | could assume, that | had hit
upon remedy that would forever
Danish the sickening intruders from
the place they had so long occupied
THE remedy propose TO y3u is very
different IRON the ordinary mode OF
treatment. IL is that you shall swal
low q living insect OF peculiar nature
and organization, which will devour
the original flies, and will in its turn
be destroyed by q drug taken a GER
tain time afterward."
Well, the great aud eyenttul day
arrived With look portentiOus and
profound was at the house precisely
this hour appointed, and was shown
up into my lady's" private sitting
room, the servant who conducted me
wearing an awe struck air, as though |
we're about TO accomplish an uuheard
Of wonder.
| Hound the apartment strewn with
smelling bottles OF various caibers,
and ready 10 emit when the shoppers
wereremeved, sll kinds of pungent
aud aromatic odors requisite to revive
the fainting patient when under or
| when rallyng from this dread medical
operation. Having ostentaiiously ex-
posed and arranged on the table sew
eral phisls. boxes, etc bearing cabal-
istic5lOoking labels, | beokoned the
visitors and lady's maid out OF the
room, taking care to give
the latter something 10 employ
her time with. such as mixing set Of
efervescing draughts, and when they
had done etfervesciug she had to pour
, them very slowly into other bottles,
aud 20 on, we'll knowing the best way
to check 10 some degree, at any rate,
her iiuquisitiyeness was to find her
manual employment until the grand
mystery, for which | was there that
morning was accomplished. Then,
turning to my patient, | showed her a
} capsule, which, / said, contained her
cure-namely; the extraordinary
} specimen OF apimalcula that was to
devour the FIVE flies She was then
directed to take a small drsught "a
mild sedative).
The capsule was swallowed and the
nervous agitation gradually snbsided
D under the Influence Of mS opiate, as
sisted by the perfect quiet in the
house; dor must say my tactics had
D been most successful as 10 having or.
defcd all the inmates, under pain O.
perhaps destroying the invalid Ia cas-,
of any noise, to abstain even from
whispering. And 10 about two hour
afterward | had the great satisfaction
Of seeing the lady awake as il nOthinl
had occurred As consciousness par
tally returned she grasped my hand
y exolaiming: "a Woi
Il you good man. | feel that | shall
be cured" q -- 4Qt ug
Then shortly afterwards said: "Yot
are very clever and very sagacious, bp
, you thought il better not to tell ms
. there would bea peculiar sensation q
the auimalculm qdevourcd 1.-THE flies
0 but | felt distinctly the consciousness
o Of every Hy being podnoed on by it
enemy. HUNTED them, one after tn
o other, and now lam in perfect ease
and ieel my agent Is gorged with bi
spoils, and seems ina manner torpid!
% all this | assented TO- and shOrtl
Afterwards left, enjOining perfect quie
and promising 10 return very early il
y the morning TO administer the drug
which was 70 do in turn what Is as
suredly the grand principle Of tn
!. Eprld7Tthe feeding upon one auothe
y to Annihilate the destroyer.
As soon az 8 o'clock on the follow
ing morning | was at this lady
N bedside, and had to listen /
y such wonderful accounts Of the las
\ night such as the insect rousin
from It's lethsrgy "punctually at 2.3
% IN. and about three minutes ate
\ producing such extreme totturein IN
o region Of the stomach as 10 bsfil
description" my capsule had been
D common one, such asWe are every da
using as vehicle for medicines 1
prevent their nauseous taste). | ha,
% not been summoned in the extremit
Of this anguish, becalse | had said Of
leaving the previous night that moth
o ing more could be dOns for the cas-
before morning. ,ualr
o well, the sonderful drug was Civ
=. en-, followed by second sedative, the
" another sleep, rendered strong By th
agitation OF the past night, and Lad
N ------awoke perfectly cured, and say
" ing she felt, during the last sleep, Ii
N dying throes Of tho poisoned animal
oUl@ A very liberal fec, couple
with 8 handsome present, and Ion
D note expressive Of grateful thanks
and q hattering acknowledgements
% my great ability. Of which. She said
she would feel it her duty to iniorr
the public, arrived at my house
few days afterwards; and as the iai
% subject Of this sketch got we'll an
lived for long time after, think
D may congratulate myself on havin
made the very important discover
9 that one insect destroys another.
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