The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-11-14

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hunt-or II YOU limp or complain.
doctor guesses what is the matter with
you. Then he guesses what will cure
yoa II both guesses are right you
are in luck. and he is n skillful doctor.
In nine cases out OF ten he Is giving
you something harmless. while he Is
taking a second and third look at yoa
Cat your expense OF course) 10 guess
over after himself.
His medical pessimism and his surg
lcal optimism amused and entertained
me. says writer In Harper's Maya
zine. and encouraged him to go on.
Now with a surgeon 1t Is different
/ Surgery is an exact science. Before /
took this position / was surgeons
assistant In hospital In some places
we are called trained nurses. In our
place we werc called surgeons assist
ants. That's why / make such dis
tinction between doctors and surgeons.
| I've seen the two work side by side so
long. I've seen some OF the funniest
mistakes made. and I've seen mistakes
that were not funny. I've seen post
mortem examinations that would
have made surgeon ashamed
that he had ever been born.
looked upon by the doctor who
treated the case as not at all strange;
didn't stagger him n bit In his own
opinion OF himself and his scientific
knowledge next time. | remember
one case II was japanese boy. lie
was ms solid as little OK. but he told
Dr. c. that he'd been taking
homeopathic prescription for a cold.
That was enough for Dir. c. A
red rag in the van OF bovine animal
is nothing to the word HON epathic'
TO DR. c. Hydropathy gives him
fits. and electiclsm almost lays him
out Not long ago he sat on a jury
which sent a man TO prison who had
failed In a case OF mind cure. That
gave deep delight 10 his regular soul.
Well DIR. c. questioned the little
Jap who could not speak good Eng
lish and had the national inclination
10 agree with whatever you say Ever
been 10 Japan No? Well. they are
droll lot Always strive 20 agree
with all you say or suggest.
Did you ever spit blooig asked
DIR. G. -, by-and-by after he could
find nothing else wrong except the lit
tie cold for which the HON npathic
physician was treating the boy.
Once. replied that youthful vic
tim.
AHA! we are getting at the root
OF this matter now said DR. c..
Now tell me truly. BE careful Did
you spit much bloodp
Yes. sir; good deal
The doctor sniifod. He always
knew that a HON epathic humbug
could not diagnose a case. and would
be likely TO get just about rs near the
facts as light cold would come TO tu-
berculosis.
How long did this last2' he inquir-
ed OF the smiling boy.
" i think-it seem 20 me
"a half hour?n queried the doctor:
twenty minutesY
IL think 80. Yes. sir About half
an hour-twenty minutes, responded
the obliging youth.
II heard that talk Common. sense
told me the boys lungs were all right;
but II was none OF my business. and
so watched him treated. OF and on.
for lung trouble for ove.' "A month be-
fore ! got chance TO ask him any
questions. Then asked. incident
ally:
What made you spit that blood
that time, Chip
i didn't know / ought TO swallow
him. he replied. wild-eycd and anx-
ious. Dentist pull tooth. He say 10
me- Spit blood here" / do like he
tell me. Your doctor say YER bad for
lungs spit blood. Next time | swal-
low him.
II helped another practitioner. in
good and regular standing, to examine
mans heart He found Il pretty bal
wheeze In the left side. I had 10 nurse
that man. He had been on a bat. and
ali on earth that allied him was that
spree, but he got treated for heart
trouble. 1t scared tho man almost 10
death.
I'd learned how n heart should
sound. so ono day tried his. He was
IN bed then, and II sounded all right
SO when the doctor came In ! took
him aside and told him that / didn't
want TO interfere, but that man was
scared about 10 death over his heart
and 10 seemed 90 mo Il was all right
sounded like other hearts-and HIS
pu.se was all right too. The doctor
was mad as March hare. though he
had told mo TO make two or three
tests, and keep the record for him
against tho time OF his next visit
Wen, TO make "a long story short. the