The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1889-08-31

OF State. JustlCe, anu hlSHt arc "duVou
there, and often, too often, are wanting.
But to the important dude, whom we
left in such an unfortunate, uncomfort-
able predicament. The old Doctor came
in, and looked at the wide open mouth
of his patient with evidently some sur
prise. He had meyer seen anything like
1t before, in all his vast and varied ex-
perience, and he had no more idea what
was the matter with his patient than did
the flies, who buzzing around the room.
would occasionally one of them, attempt
to explore the wide open and unshut>
table mouth Of the poor dude on voy-
are of discovery. The doctor very grave
" felt his pulse, looked at his tongue,
which was of course in plain view. lie
even peered down into his esophagus, as
far his he could, as if he hoped to tlnd
the cause of all the trouble hidden there
in. He inquired when the patient was
attacked, and how, but the patient was
"fixed" SO he couldn't talk, and suffering
too much and consequently too nervous to
write. and besides be wasn't very good
scribe at his best. The trown OF deep
abstraction on the venerable OLD frauds
face, grew deeper and deeper with each
succeeding groan of the sufferer. AT hrst,
he had in truth been worse scared than
hurt, but now the dislocation was becomN
| ing really painful, and the increasing
pain served to increase the terror or the
wretched dude, in tenfold degree. Just
as the old Doctor was beginning to de-
spair of solving the mystery however, a
yery brilliant idea struck him. The
| fro wn on his face softened. and was sue
ceeded bv soft smile Of infinite self
satisfaction. Eureka He felt, but he
dida't excaim it! LocK-JAw! Why OF
| course That was it, The very thing
Just as plain as the nose on the mans
face. Lock-iaw! Shades of Esculapins
What diagnosis! Isn't it really Won
derful, sometimes, what the ignorance OF
some people can accomplish Now this
yerv worthy old fraud had never seen
| case of lock.jaw and had never read any,
thing aboutit, consequently he was just
about as ignorant on the subject as IT
was possible for any one man to be. If
YOU had spoken to HIM about tetames,
technical term for lock-jaw, he would in
all probability have thought that you
referred to "tetter,,' or the itch, or some
| thing on that order. Knowing nothing
at ali about the disease, it followed as a
matter of course that be could know moth
ing of the proper remedy. But our worthy
| old pill-roller was never at loss for a
ramedy. The diagnosis of a case might
| sometimes stump him, temporarily, bat
| that once settled 1t was clear sailing,
thenceforth and now or the remedy, that
was to restore the youths jaw to its nor
NAL condition, and relieve him OF ms
| pain, Calomel to be followed up With
epson salts.
| Corpo di Baccho! Such aprescrlptlon
And then and there from the depths OF
his cavernous old pill>bags he pulled
fourth a pound bottle of calomel, ana
measured out about 40 grains by way
of explanation, he informed the landlady'
who was serving in the temporary ca.
nacity Of nurse, that it was "powertul
| bad case, and hit tuck strong medicine
| and strong doast for sech bad case
| and eff the callomel didn't operate BY
| breckfus time next mawnln, then sn,
| must give the sick man doast OF salts
Then The doctor departed, after promls-
| inc to call again next morning. Inc
landlady then proceeded to give her pa
tient the "doast'' of "calomel' as per in
structions, and the poor devil, whose
sufferipgs we're increasing every minute
and who would have gladly taken any
{ thing that promised relief, let the dos
,, for a horse, be shoveled into his mo9!,
: and washed down into his stomach Wit
about asrt of water. Meantime NJ p,
suffering continued to increase and final
|, | become 90 great as to raise him OH tn
: bed His groans grew louder and loude
i and his terror kept pace WIN, Or may may
hap outstripped his physical, anguis' ,
He had no conception as to the cause ;.
: his sudden attack. and had vague, II
distinct sort of an idea that he mn' aI
:. have been struck by lightning: IL
u iandladv was by no means satisfied wit
/, the remedy the doctor had prescribe
Il She never doubted for moment TN
i the diagnosis was entirely correc.' ~
70 she had kind of intuitive, msglvil
J that tho the remedy in this would do mut
o more NOR satisfactory business in case.
. malaria. While cogitating on this POL
~ frnm which her mind was not allowed
y straw lopc-the constant groans OF u
u % sufSrer acting as constant reminder
)" his condition-she saw her family pm
/, .;c;an-who was an excellent man and
=, u f;ne notwithstanding down the stree
"a "a Her % mind was made up in has
ar ar She called him in, and explained !, ,
10 what purpose she had called MN, a.
20 20 finally requested him to go in and see t
T. sufferer. He objected at first, on accou
"a Of professional ethics. Couldn't CT cour
a. az n th;pk Of going to see the patient
or or another physician, unless ne naa ,S th pe
g called in, in consultation, anu VI
d conldnt think of doing SO unless !
,r o othar doctor was there. "But what d
i, Trne1 nr W. e saw was the matter with the &c
ne tleman y
ID ID aAb indeed! Lock-jaw! That Is
u, AZ rern an, common affection. l am glad
t ,s cow @ Bnt what produced it! oh, =,
,as course YOU don't know. Well ou. soI;a Ta
his did he give the poor feilo"' W ''
is> him%'
'poa "Wh.t VHi Il Calomel, for lock-jaw W
~ 49, Ionr nn madam. you surely must III
H. take" -. doctor for