The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-10-07
Copyright. 1902, by Edgar w. Nye.]


Has 1t Dealt with Once More.
Copyright, 1892. by Edgar w. Nye.l
NEW YORK CITY, September, 1892.
celebrated writer on opthalmic
matters says: eve point with much
pride to the wonderful mechanism of the
eye and its great perfection, and yet if
we were to buy pair Of opera glasses
that were no nearer perfection than the
average pair of eyes we would return
them to the merchant on the following
day." This is largely due to the fact
that they arc unlike, and this trouble
may DO the result of bad usage or in
heritance. to say nothing of bad and I'M
skilled operations, accidents, i'll health,
etc.
Twenty-four years ago, when l was
lad, it was discovered one day by close
students Of the human eye that had
case of very mild strabismus. 1t was
not 30 severe as to worry me, but kind
friends, who should have known better.
decided to turn me over to a physician
and surgeon. The man selected was one
Of those silent, morose, brutal kind, who
say little, remain dignified through life
and die leaving the impression that they
had an enormous reserve power Of
thought which they never used. have
often wished that had been gifted that
way, for there is no chance to criticise
severe man who never says anything.
he lives and dies q great man in the
eyes of the hoi polloi, for they never
know when he might possibly say some
thing.
This doctor cut off legs and arms with
great rapidity. He had been in tho war
of 1919, or some such war, and had done
good deal toward bringing peace about.
for both friend and foe decided that he
was worse than arson, treason, rapine
and death, SO the war closed.
was handed over to him just as chill
dren used to be fed to the crocodiles of
the Asiatic countries. We wanted his
good will, even if it cost lobe Of the
liver of the oldest child or m eye or m
ear to make him feel pleasant.
The reader has doubtless known in his
or her life country doctor of this class;
ono who settles all great questions with
grunt, likes to be regarded as taciturn.
and has way Of losing his temper in
time to prevent the discovery Of hi,
ignorance. This man was one of that
kind
He had called in n convention Of other
doctors to see the Experimentation
from Trimbelle, Eau Galley, Little
Bethel neighborhood, Harriman's Land
ing and Beldenville, also from Erin
Prairie and East Unionforever.
Cocaine was unknown then, and 30
the doctor had q brother physician from
Primroy's Bridge hold my head with
hands that snelled like pair of saddle
bags l can smell them yet. The oper-
ating surgeon, tho sphynx who never
was known to smile, went into u little
dark closet and smiled by himself, COM
ing back with his coat off and the odor
of cognac about his whiskers.
He had ground up "a pair of curved toe
nail scissors and had them lying on he
oilcloth of the table. He now picked ND
button hook which he had used during
the Mexican war, and asked mo to look
intently mt the collar button on the back
of my neck while he made an exalni-
nation" This he did by rolling up the
lid and fastening it in 1.-The forward" rs
he called it. Then he hooked the button
hook under the internal rectus muscle