Telegram-herald., 1889-10-25
a TkUE sroRs ~ EEAL LIFE-


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Al o0s Lnae IL ny lie / 4etefhAaed !
- pursue the st4dy oI Dodle-ne.
e-lctn4stzn nees compelled ne - ~oAn- /
dou t a, a profession stAl haa more 4
Or .ess practice among personal Trends, /
sornc.ent O. keep up ay interest ~ Il. /
oAe Qay 4 received = visit nom an /
ca friend, she captain az ooAsung /
steamer. lie seemed much worried, /
and TOP a time made as yis-t anything I
but pleasant. Al l&st / sad - him
"tapt2lu, you seen troubled about
something, can l al you in any way
No :" he replied shortly, at least
don think you can, aud have pretty
good reasons Tor thinking 60.
felt nurt for moment, and rather
angrily replied. "Wen, doa't have O..
"Of course you don I, he responded.
but Il j. Al Internal shame, and u
makes NE mad All through, when !
think nf the way that / have been bled
by lot OI frauds, that cali themselYe-
doctors"
inen he continued rapidly, ''you
know that boy OF mlne"' j nodded.
"Nell. he has been serious tax upon
me Tor years. not that / Degrudge hlm
anything that he has cost me, but !
do curse every time / think OF the hun
dreds OF dollars, earned III the hardest
manner, disappearing into the pockets
Of men who promised much, only 20 do
the worst kind of damage n the end
"NOw, have the cheerful prOspeci
Of having al undertaker's blil 20 pay,
besides lOslng my boy" But he
added sayagely, II have spent the last
dollar that | ever Will for medicine,
and, as be has 10 die the quicker, the
better"
You have no right TO talk in that
way, Captain" said | severely. GAS
long a. your boy lives, il Is your duty
10 do everything IN your power 10 ald
him
And haven't I?'' was his response;
what Is the use of your talking, you
know just as much about curing HIM
as the rest of them; although" he
added, 81 believe you have con-
science; the rest that | have mad deal
ings with, don't pan out 30 well IN that
respect" Il tell you, he continued,
that boy Is doomed; ne will go Just
Ike his mother did, and the doctors
can write down IN their books OF fail
ures, 'one more death from consump-
ton, disease We know nothing
about"
He relapsed into O moody silence. At
last said, sis your boy very low, cap
tain?"
"He can just crawl around, was his
his respOne, and what makes thematter
worse for me, Is the pitIful way IN which
he asks me TO try and do something for
him. However, he will be here after
awhile, and | want you as friend of
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knowledge, how long you think he is
going to last, so that | can make my
calculations"
While he was talking saw the boy
approaching, and Just as he stepped
INTO my office, painting and gasping
from his eXertlon III walking, | said to
myself, the grip of death is too firmly
| fastened on you to be ever shaken off.
After greeting him, at his fathers re-
| quest, | examined him and found him
in the condition that | shall describe.
| He had evidently inherited cOnsump-
ton from his mother; bronchial tubes
much thickened, so much so as to make
the operation of breathing extremely
! difficult and painful. Chest cavity
much contracted; auscultation and
| percussion showed extensive tubercu-
| lous deposits and cavities, especially in
| the left lobe of the lungs; body much
| emaclated and blOodless. In fact, un-
! less (tO my mind) some miraculous IN
| tervention occurred to stay the progress
| of the disease, the patient could not
| survive but q few weekf. ] talked as
cheerfully as / could to him, but he
was too much depressed to pay atten-
ton to anything but his suffering.
| The father sent him 10 restaurant
near by, and turning to me he asked q,
| "Well, what is the verdict?'
| had been thinking rapidly, and as
he spoke had made up my mind to a
procedure, as regards the boy, that
| determined to follow out. In answer
to his question, | said, Captain, unless
something is done for that boy, you will
bury him within month"
"Well, what can be DONE" he said
exctedly. "DO you want to try your
hand in experimentsl Do you want
some Of my money, too? Are you 60
ing to sicken him to death with rotten
cod liver Oil, blister his skin with plas-
ters, drug HIM and rush him into his
cOfin?'
"Hold on, Captain" l replied, al
don't want wany your money, but | am
going to try an experiment with your
permission. 1t is a matter of duty, and
IN his condition, can do no harm, If it
| does no good"
"HOw much is it going to cOst?" he
asked. "I don't know" was my reply.
whatever it is" he rejoined, "will
come out of your pocket, not mine"
Don't bother yourself about that"
said | cOldly. When the boy returned
| he seemed more exhausted than when
he first entered my Office, and as his
father handed him chair, he said TO
his son: ''Del, the doctor here thinks
he can do you some good. What do
you say; do you want him to try?"
| shall never forget the look on the
boys face, and his words, and the
heading of this article came forcibly
into my mind as Life Worth Liv-
ing?' Evidently it was to HIM, as it is
70 all mankind, when tortured with
pain. with the clammy hand Of death
| encircllng their thrOats, they struggle
in his relentless grasp, and cry out IN
an agony OF terror, for Gods sake,
save me. I put him on a nutritious
diet. eggs and milk heading the list,
and provided him with a preparation
Of medicine, that had never used be
fore. or ever expected TO. 1t was a
sheer experiment on my part, as reck-
lessly attempted as anything could be.
/ The result-mmediate improvement IN
breathing. and general strength of
body; better color, improved spirits, in
I creased appetite. aud an increase in
bodily weight that was Astonishing
At tho commencement Of treatment
he we ghed p lbs. Tn two months with
/ constant progress % heasth, his weight