The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1885-01-22


The late DIR. John G. Warren of pcslos
hsd great smiaenee 1 . ptysicisa asd
had fans abroad A. we'll a. Al homo. rs
vas veat TO say that 70 per cent, of easss
81 siskasss parties Affected would sst veil
w,ih hut little trsatmsas, that q per ses,.
would recover through jadicious msd,cai
care and the other would DIE despite
dcctsrs skill Many ~ wsrs the ri,
umphs OF Dr. wArrsns skin. one reported
feat sf surgery Of his became surprise 10
the whelc world. m veil as 10 himself
A wAggish Boston reporter. on whom ths
doctor had attended in order 10 cure se.
we're injury ofihe spine, caused by . fall.
had connection With Sunday paper pub
lished over 30 years ago Finding lsts 90
Saturday sieht that an article was rsquir.
"a 10 hll space in the local columa u
ths paper, 81 aboat six inches, said r.
porter wrois . paragraph. stating that
DR.. Warren had cat into. and taken from
the stomach ei Il woman. tAps~orn "
fsst 7 81 isohes long. The paragraph
wss takss up by shs regular iosrssls u
Monday morniag credited BY enc u
two bat ssssidsrsbly elaborated BY ~
reporters for others. The epsratisa v0
. matter Of common wondcrment; Aad
whs. WAS very strange, the surgical pro.
fsssisu largely participated in this amaze.
mont Some two months subssq qSsntly
the doctor and The reporter happapsd 10
cit in the same seat Ia the railroad ear
both being returning frsm The trial Of
celebrated ease touching the validity Of
a suicide, which disposed Of over . mil.
lion dollars worth Of property. The -.
porter, who had net paid the aocter for
his attendance upon him during his sick.
ness, proposed TO follow him 10 his ofiss IN
Boston, when the train arrived there. and
settle his bill. Oa making this proposi-
tion the doctor asked him
"Are you not the author Of The tape.
worm storyY"
ltwould he, perhaps. LOO much 70 say
that the reporter blushsd - for such iAssl-
~ Is not at oil common with tha. tribe
bat tho man Of the sty lus certainly eXpec.
ted stern reprehension for his imAgina-
tive liberty he had taken with the doctors
name and professional character. He.
however, honestly owned up and selected
forgiveness. 1t was not only granted, but
the wsrm story declared by the doctor to
have bsen the cause Of more amusement
to hImself and TO his friends among pro.
fessional men than be could describe
Said h-
II have ~ my possession b3hdrela Of
letters from all the countries il Europe. d
well as from men Of my profession at
home, gravely requesting me TO notify
them regarding the process | followed in
extracting that worm from the woman's
stomach, or M least give my method pub
licly through some approved medical
journal. I could not have imagined II
possible that such creduality oonld hsvs
existed amsng tho most eminent men in
my profersion; and while have laughed
at 1t, l have alternated my mirih with
vexstiou. Young man. you owe mo moth
ing. The amusement you have given me
and my friends through your imagi iAtivs
paragraphing has paid your bill ten times
over. and should you have occasion here.
after to require my services which TRUST
you will not -send for mo without scru.
pie; my attendance will cost you moth
ing"
The reporter referred to lives today 10
remember that and many other circun.
stances in bis life experience. but hardly
any Of them more odd than that above re-
lated. - LoneH Times
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