Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1888-12-15
A DOCTORS STORIES.
Some Curious and Laughabie Incident
aud adventures.


Some Curious and Laughable Incidents
aud Adventures.
A practicing physician who gets in
to the swim OF business sees a good
many things Of interest One in this
city, not so old In years but rich in ex-
perience, related the following incl
dents:
mot long ago boy in pubic school
No. - was playing WITH a bunch Of
grab hooks, showing the girls how he
had captuges frogs. By dexterous
movement he succeeded in fastening
one Of the hooks in his upper lip, and
while removing that one he hooked
the other two into his mouth. As
fast as he Embossed one hook it would
catch further down in his throat, the
points protruding from every angle,
making it impossible to release them
oil. Finally one hook caught in the
palate, another in the roof OF the
mouth, and the third in his tongue.
Then physicians were sent for. We
found the lad In q desperate condition
mouth open, unable to sEeak, and al
most suifocating. twas an easy mat
ter to release ore or two hooks, but
while the third was being taken out
the othsrs would take fresh hold.
Things looked desperate. We were
puzzled and the boy was strangling.
une Of the doctors happened to strike
an idea: Take out one hook. put In a
Email block of lead on the sharp point
so it can't fasten itself afresh In the
flesh, then take out another hook and
30 on The idea proved to be practi-
cable and the boy was soon released
from his serio-comic condition.
II once knew of a man who received
q galvanic shock under peculiar cir
cumstances. He was fireman, land he
was holding the nozzle OF hose, from
which stream was being thrown on
aburning building. Water, you know.
Is superior conductor Of electricity.
The stream struck some electric wires,
the insulation of which had heen de-
stroyed by the fire. The electric cur
rent went from the wire down the
stream Of water to the brass nozzle, to
which the fireman was holding, and
gave him such a shock that he dropped
the hose and fell to the street. The
medical lopInals told all about the
affair, and it was worth all the space
they gave it.
VI was hurriedly called to an orphan
asylum once to wait ON sick boy Ave
years old, who had been subjected to
domestic remedies in vain. He had q
pain in his little abdomen, but declared
that it hurt him in one little spot only.
When asked him what was the mat
ter, he said the button on his clothes
hurt him. This proved to be all there
was in the case. The button had
turned up edgewise and was gouginR
the lad.
Zone OF the most furious young
men } ever saw was doctor who was
in the act of helping me to save a
woman's life. We had been called in
TO relieve the woman of poison, taken
with suicidal intent. We had pumped
herout and we re gently switching her
with little sticks to prevent her from
going into fatal sleep under the iflu-
ence of the drug she had self-admin-
istered. The wome1's sister had
heard of the attempted suicide, and
she came dri7ing up at a furious pace.
She had evidently been drinking,
Leaptng into the room she saw the
doctor strike her sister with the
switch. This was all she had seen.
and not realizing that it was a neces-
sary castigation, she picked up a stick
OF wood from the fire-box and struck
the doctor with it across the face.
Rome never saw a more bowling time
than ensued, but strange to say, we
got away without any loss Of IL
whatever. "-Iass1anapolis Nescs.