St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-03-05

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DOCTORS AND svaogoNs
osos sesaays ana L.Asersus sanpas, q
DaaGDooo0.
"A doctor and surgeon may be the
same person" remarked tho philosoph-
ical trainer. oracularly. ''but they sci.
dom are. II lyon Witness the doRs do
when their feet hurt after . hunt-or II
you limp or complain. . doctor guesses
what Is the matter with you. Then he
guesses what will cure you. II both
guesses are right you are in luck and
he Ia skillful doctor. In nine cases
out Of ten he i, giving you something
harmless. while he il taking . second
and third look At you lat your expense.
OF course). to guess over after himself. i"
His medical pessimism and his surgi-
cal optimism amused and entertained
me. and ] encouraged him togo on.
"Now. with q surgeon IL ID different.
Surgery Is an exact science. Before
took this position was . surgeons A.
sistant in hospital In some places
We are called trained nurses. In our
place we were called surgeons as
sistants That's why I make such
distinction between doctors and sur
geona I've seen the two work side
BY side % 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 rs not ut all strange; didn't stag
ger him . bit in his own opinion Of
himself and his scientific knowledge
next time. remember one case. It
was Japanese boy. He was ~ solid
a. . little OK, but he told Dr.. c.
that he had been taking . homeopathic
prescription for cold. That was enough
for DIR. d.. A red rag in the van of
. bovine animal Is nothing 70 the word
of homeopathy to DR.. c.. Hydro
pathy gives him ats. eelecticism almost
lays him out Not long ago he eat on
. jury which sent man to prison who
had failed in case Of ,mind-cure.'
That gave deep delight to his regular
soul. Well, DR.. c. questioned the
little Jap. who could not speak good
English. and hsd the national inclina-
tion to agree with whatever you say.
Ever been in Japan7 No? Well, they
are droll lot Always strive TO agree
with all you say or suggest
"'Did you ever spit blood" asked Dr..
G.. by and BY. after he could find
nothing else wrong except the little
cold for which the homeopathic physi-
clan was treating the boy.
Once replied the youthful victim.
".Aha! we are getting ut the root of
this matter now said DR.. C.. Now
tell me truly. he careful! Did you
spit much blood?
'''Yes. sir; . good DEAL
''The doctor snihRed. He always
knew that homeopathic humbug
could not diagnose . case, and would
be likely to get just about - near the |
fact Is light cold would come to tu-
berculosiA
SLOW long did this last3' he In
4uisod of the smiling boy.
81 think-it seemed to me-
"a half-hour?' queried the doctor;
twenty minutes"
~ think SO. Yes sir. About half |
IN hour--twenty minutes.' responded |
the obligiug youth.
~ heard that talk. Common sense
told me the boys lungs were all right.
but IL was none Of my business, and 50 /
/ watched him treated. OF and on, for /
lung trouble for over . month before / |
got chance to ask him any questions
Then ! asled, incidentally:
"'What made you spit that blood that
time, Chip"
81 didn't know I ought to swallow
him. he replied. wide-eyed and anxious.
Dentist pull tooth. He says TO me:
''Spit blood here" do like he tell |
me. Your doctor say YER bad for
lungs; spit blood. Next time ! swallow
him. u-. tsa...
81 helped another practitioner. in
good and regular standing. to examine
) mans heart He found pretty bad
wheeze In the left side. I had to nurse
that man. He had been on . bat and
Ill ON earth that allied him was that |
spree. but he got treated for heart
trouble. II scared the man almost to
death.
"ld learned how . heart should
Dound, - one dayI tried hiA He WAS
n bed then, and It sounded al right. %
when the doctor came in ] took him
Iside and told him that didn't want 70
but that man was scared
sbout to death over his heart and It
seemed to me it was all right-sounded
ike other hearts-and his pulse was all
light, too. The doctor was mad -
! March hare, though he had told
ne to make two or three tests. and
keep the record for him against
he time of his next visit. Well,
70 make . long matter short. the
anal discovery was-the man don't
Know it yet. ard he II going around in
Tread Of dropping OF any minute with
heart failure-fhat at the first exam
nation the min had removed only hin
,oat and vest. and his new suspender
n his starched shirt had made the
squeak. That Il . cold fact. and that
nan paid over eighty dollars for the
treatment he had for his heart-Helen
4. Gardiner. IN Harper's Magazine.
the THIRD PERSON.
H. Rights ssA Privileges. in The Ds0sssie
Circle.
It Is not given 70 everyone 10 Be mas
er or mistress Of . home. TO b the
hief or hrst person Of . household. and
{ does chance often that ono b the
hird adult under . family roof from
motives and circumstances alike hon
'rable 70 all But Il h rather uneom-
non to find . third peFsoa who per-
elves the limitations Of his position
rom any other angle Of insight than
n entirely personal one. 1t II easier
q any relation in lie 20 understand
vhat Is due 70 ones self than to meas