The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-08-30

again pcrcrss. l viii tell which side |
you arc tapping upon by the variation |
In the sound lie turned round. and !
pcrcussed as equally rs possible |
tho two sides Of the thorax. You
are on the left side" lie was quito
right! Ia a moment. however. my
surprise was changed 10 admiration
Of the fashionable physician smart
audacity. His profcssional--nay.
yet hope may more trnthfuliy write
II unproit ssional---trlck was obvious
enough. but performed with such per-
feet aplomb that | was duped even
whilst taking part In IL. lie had
turned his back to the patient. 10 Mrs.
Midas Contango and myself. but he
was looking into large mirror above
the console which faced him.
What could do? was mute. The
tables had indeed been so completely
turned upon me that had nothing to
say.
Madam. must not alarm you.'
observed tho triumphant specialist to
Mrs. Contango. who was in blissful
ignorance Of the deception; "these del
lcatc gradations in tone can only be
at once detected after immense prac-
ticc. only by those who examine a
stream Of patients; but there is some
thing on tho left side Of your daugh-
tcr's chest nothing serious--so little.
indeed, that my young friend here has
been unable TO find III bnt there it j..
And now. the examination being COM
plctc. permit US to consult as TO the
treatment. and then must 20, or
shall incur tho displcasurc Of noble
but somewhat impatient patient OF
minc.'
When we were alone again cx-
pressed my increduity, dclicatcly
limiting al my observation Of his ruse
Tut. tut! my dear young friend. F"
said he. testify, ."you have not yet
grasped the situation. Now. here you
have a girl who coughs and has been
hoarsc for long timc--then how the
deuce can you get over the fact by
telling the parents that there is no
cause for il. Very likely there is
nothing the matter with her; but why
does she cough''
THAT was exactly what her mother
said 10 me-.
"rhere you are; and mamma was
quite right; tho 9 must 20 some cause
for il. We may not be able 10 lay our
finger upon il. for we must examine
and understand our patients thor
oughly very often before we can make
out their ailments. and then one finds
the mischief, because, you see, we are
expected to discover it."
''But suppose there really is moth
ing"
Nonsense. There always Is. But
even II there were not. we are equally
bound to find it; for II you tell these
anxious people. i can discover moth
ing wrong. they will naturally put ii
down to your ignorance. and send for
| somebody else who has knowledge
enough Of human nature or sufficient
sar5,r fare not to be embarrassed
with 50 small difficulty. Now. d.
yOn SEQ my meaning?
Theoretically there is nothing,
practically there is.
"You may Put IL so. II so it please
you. But assured you that there is
and there is your vigilance and
punctilious exactitude notwithstand-
ing-a little convenient difference in
resonance. The mamma heard the
remark. as intended her to do; she
lad not the remotcst idea what ii
meant--why should she have?-but
she is perfectly happy now that the
cause Of her darling cough has boon
discovered. because she thinks. the
cause being known. the cure will fol-
low. The more unintelligiblc the ex-
PLANTATION. the more convinced Is she
Of its correctness. Ono may remedy,
you know. a difference in resonance;
but how can YOU pretend TO cure per-
son whom you persistently declare TO
have nothing the matter with her?"
began TO understand.
| Now" continued this consummatc
reader Of soclcty's intelligence, II ad-
nit that this is not science"
ssNor what the schools and our
academical training teach u.s. haz-
arded /.
quite so. my dear fellow; but nc
cept for once the tuition of man who
has not altogether failed in his pro-
fcssion. What have taken the
trouble to demonstrate TO you gratis is
a good working rule-smclling a
little. perhaps. so 10 SPEAK. OF the
shop or OF legal tape II our
patrons are satisfied. our patients
made happy. our regulations nd
vanced. can we wisely permit so triv-
ial matter as departure from slavish
adherence 10 what Is miscallcd prin-
ciple TO stand between us and succc "a? '
"Well." admitted ]. little sadly,
perhaps you are right"
'.Of course am. my dear young
friend. am cynic. but succeed.
have been. for instance, beseeched
to meet you here to-day. And now for
treatment"
| A little delicate Characterization