, 1885-10-28
THe HEALlNe Art M roRKg :.


The HEALING All w OkkE I. q,
business Done only on a caan Rasi-streei
observation-disclosures.
The other day in Galata n man fell in
some sort of a ct on the street. A great
crowd gathered, shutting out the air, but
some superstition kept them all from
lending any aid. The accident happened
within "A few doors Of a doctors Office,
and the doctor stood on the steps, look
ing on in an interested way, but making
nc movement toward going to the suf-
ferer's assistance, though urged strenu-
ously to do so by the %bystandcrs. lie
was a Greek, and | had met him on one
of the little coast steamers that ply on
the Black sea. He was little and dirty
and black, and his specially wa "herbs- y
He smiled when he saw me, and made
a place for me on the steps. "You do
not seem anxious to take the case /
said, with a glance toward the corner.
He shrugged his shoulders and smiled
again. what is the useiH he said sim
ply; the man has no money, and his
friends make no gifts But do you
take no cases until the fee is advanccdfr
/ asked. He replied with the counter
question, an your country do men work
for nothingiH In the meantime the
man died and his friends carried him
away.
Now, this little Greek doctor was no
more hard hearted than Others of his
profession along the Mediterranean. The
healing art in Turkey is done on n strictly
cash basis, that is all. There is no senti-
mentality that makes a Turkish doctor
get up in the night to go nj and allie
viate the sufferings of "A sick pauper
where he knows the patient to be such.
1t is cash down or no cure. This, Of
course, is only with the poorer class of
patients. With responsible parties u
Numerically opposite course is pursued.
No fee is demanded from them, and it
would be considered very bad manners
in a doctor TO bring them in n bill.
The payment comes from them to
n physician in the form of a
gift, as if his service had been
wholly voluntary and the return a con-
sideration of esteem. Still, it is com
monty paid on the spot, and is, as a rule,
fully as much as the doctor would have
dared to charge,
The number Of regular physicians in
Constantinople is strictly limited, and
- - a. AZ lao nNN AaH IUAH
doct9r hoe bis o,yn to,r;tory INTO NH
nrofossinnoi oti"notto ill., W. othar
ppbysician ~ int,1rde Each one male n
ddailv round tbroneh HE tarr;tory heot"
ing nm n%atients in the cotfee- bonsss md
The strde,s And woe 10 Tho weII'taido
man fonnd oiIing on tho ronte He ia
tatan in hand uSceremonionsI and snt.
iected IN an eyarnination hot seIdom
fails IN end in some sort of treatmsnt M
other Pesides the reonIars tbare ora
an innumerable number If snasisl;sts
and ouacks who emf in on nrices
and neddle ali sorts Of nostrnms
They ~recoonize no limitation as to terri.
tory and iake nractice wberever thev can
and II have seen Tho same wonder
nraotieine and CRYING his wares in Siam
bonI Gaiata and Scntori
All tho common cases If blood l[ettin,
and headache On 10 tbe harhers h
also mil tooth and all classes ;ndisor;m-
inatelv natronize the deryishes and
sbrines II is only in cases Of fever and
colds and other standard tronbles that
tho reemlar uhvsicion il chilled in at ali
perba1s after al h is ~ we'll that tb;s IL
so for the reoular physician in Turkey
is expected to exhibit a pr~eternatnraI
.,u,t, tbat would oa-ta;n1, fal -, 70