Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-01-21
DocToRING ROYAL PATIENTS.

Court Etiquette That Hedges in a Queen
 from Her Physicians Touch.
 It was matter of wonder to many persons in Paris that Dr. Fauvel, the great French specialist in throat diseases, had not been summoned to attend the king of Spain at the commencement of his malady, especially as Dr. Fauvel had always attended Queen Isabella and her children during their residence in Paris for any troubles of that nature. But such proceeding was forbidden by the strict rules of Spanish etiquette, which prohibits one of the royal family of Spain from being attended by any physician who is not Spaniard by birth.
 At the time of the last illness of the young Queen Mercedes there resided in Madrid German doctor who was es- pecially famed for his treatment of ty. phoid fever, the disease from which the queen was suffering. He had recently saved the life of Mrs. J, R. Lowell when she was suffering from a violent attack of that terrible malady. A few days be fore Queen Mercedes breathed her last her Spanish doctors sent for their Ger man colleague and requested him to pre- scribe for their patient without seeing her. This he positively refused to do saying that he must examine into the physical condition of the queen before prescribing for her. But that could by no means be permitted.
 "Then," he said, "let me merely see her-let me go to the door of her room and look at her without crossing the threshold"
 Even that concession was refused.
 "Then, gentlemen" he declared, T car do nothing. 1 will not attempt to pre- scribe for patient that I have not ever seen."
 He withdrew from the palace, and g few days later the young queen was dead But the sacred laws of Spanish rega etiquette had been preserved without in fringement.
 A similar affair, but with a differen, denouenent, took place a good many years ago in Russia. The late czarina the mother of the present emperor oi Russia, was shortly after her marriage attacked with serious affection of tht SlOlHuCt. SP GO bllctC blll1C AlO olOleiA could approach the bedside of one of hiS lady patients of the imperial family nearer than ten feet. The empress grew worse and became alarmingly i'll. The Emperor Alexander gave orders that 6 famous physician called Botkin, of whose skill in such cases he had heard, should at once be sent for. Botkin came, and to the horror of his colleagues, he walked straight up to the bedside of the empress and took hold of her wrist to feel hel pulse. He was instantly hurried from tht room and was loudly demonstrated witt on the impropriety of his conduct, being told that his imperial patient wa. to be looked at from distance and tha he must not approach her. Botkin list ened in silence to all that the other doc tors had to say, but when the report O the consultation was drawn up he refused 70 sign it. The emperor, who was ex ceedingly anxious respecting Botkin' opinion, sent at once for the report, anC on noticing that the name of the new doc tor did not appear in it he caused him t, be summoned at once to his presence.
 "Your majesty" qusth Dotkin, frankly "I can not pretend to treat patient tha am not permitted to examine. Tn empress is, I learn, sn very critical situ ation. I think I can save her, but to d so mnst be allowed to go to work in m, own way"
 The emperor rose from his chair, tool Dr. Botkin by the arm and marched wit him into the sick-roorn of the empres an straight up to her bedside. There, doc tor," he said, examine your patient, an if any one pretends to interfere with yo remember that you are obeying my com mands." The course of treatment pre scribed by the great physician proved sue cessful. The empress was saved an that particular rule Of imperial etiquett was abrogated foreyer.-Mrs. Hooper Paris Letter.