The herald., 1893-08-06

cIuclhA al bne u6au OI JHo lhbueI anu
brother 'e,bed
The second day after this we again via-
ited our patients and found them recov-
ering.
One very cold day in the following
winter the woman and her daughter
came to my house. l did not remem-
ber them. She asked me il | was the
doctor who waited on them when they
had the cholera. told her was not
that the doctor was dead; but | had
been with him at her house. She be-
gan to cry, and was greatly grieved at
the news of the DOCTORS death. She
had come to pay the bill; he had, how
ever, made no charge. as he told me at
the time OF our last visit he would not.
She took purse out OF her pocket and
emptied it of ak fve-franc pieces, all it
contained, and handed them to me.
refused to take them. She began crying
again; laid them on the desk and started
to leave; took them in my hand, and
while debating my duty to the doctors
widow and my sympathy for the other
widow, made her cit down and wrote
her receipt for the bill. handed her
three OF the five-franc pieces, which che
did not want to take, but after little
persuasion finally accepted.
remained with the doctor until the
cholera had nearly run it's course, and
he become one of its last victims.
For four weeks we lived almo1t en-.
tirely in the carriage and would take
turns at driving and sleeping. l had
been little over year out OF the army
and was better used to roughing it than
the doctor, consequently stood the la
borious eelvice much better than he did.
We kept flask OF French brandy
| with us and when we took drink OF
water always took little brandy.
The doctor became very confidential
with me and told me the kinds and
quantities Of medicine he used. Opium
No. 6 and French brandy were his prin-
cipal remedies, and frequently assisted
him in componnding the doses.
| The death rate was much greater in
some localities than in others One
place in particular that remembe was
a beautiful little town OF 1000 inhabi-
tants, when in four or five week that
the cholera ragged 250 died with the dis
ease, just one-fourth of the entire pop
ulation.
The last night OF our drive we were in
close proximity to the neighborhood
described on the night of the storm.
The doctor had been in good spirits
although physically worn out He was
jolly good-natured com mpanion and
able gentleman. l had learned his good
parts and loyed him as brother.
For four weeks our relation had been
the most intimate and peculiar. To-
gethsr we had been brought in close
contact with some of the most heart.
rending scenes that the imagination
could conceive, and l had ample op-
portunitles Of discovering his good and
bad qualities and am sure the former
largely enlightened the latter.
He was just as kind and attentive to
the poor as to the we'll to-do, and what
ever his motives as to the accumulation
of money might have been, l do know
that when poor widow or destitute
family received his services no charge
was ever found on his memorandum
book.
We had been visiting family who
lived on what is called the Blue Greek
road.
1t was between and O'Clock in the
morning. The doctor took cramps and
commenced vomiting. l stopped the
carriage, felt his hands and face, and
found them cold and clammy. 1 gave
.
rubbed his hands and wrists. He told
me to give him the opium. He kept il
in a vial. which gave him, and also
poured little brandy in q glass and
handed it to tim. He poured very
large dose of opium into it. | became
alarmed and said, doctor, you are tax.
| ing too much" He answered, 81 want
to take enough at one Dose" and swal-
lowed it. eeSs as os
Immediately drove to his home. Fills
wife was not awake, but | aroused her,
and when che had opened the door and
saw the condition of the doctor she was
somewhat alarmed. We put him in bed.
l asked him what he want ed me to do
and he said, go for DR.. Bowers"
l started as coon as possible. The
doctor, who lived about 20 miles dis.
tant, had been the young DOCTORS pre-
ceptor, and was at that time one of the
most eminent practitioners in the west.
ern country.
| found the old doctor at home and de.
livered the message. He had all the
practice he could we'll attend to and was
quite worn out, but he said DR.. Pease
was one of his favofite students and he
would 60 Immediately.
gave him all the information could
and told him about the doctor taking
such q large dose of opium. He said
doctors often made fatal mistakes in
prescribing for themselves.
As soun as we finished our lunch we
started, arriving at home about o. clock
in the afternoon.
We went Immediately to the doctor's
room and found him Unconscious. The
old doctor spoke to him, but there was
no response. He felt his pulse, and
when he had concluded his examina-
tion turned to the DOCTORS wife and said /:
II am afraid it is too late."
The doctor prepared some medicine
gave the pstienta dose; gave me direc-
tions how to give the medicine and
what remedies to apply, telling me at the
same time that the case was surely
hopeless.
was 30 worn out that it took but
little persuasion to induce me lie
down and take rest. told the doctor's
wife to call me If anything occurred,
but at all events, to call me at IL
O'Clock.
1t was after lwhen she awoke me, ]
found the doctor much worse and rapid.
ly sinking, We did all we could to re.
lieve him, but he died shortly after sun.
rise. g. sf sv2 q. a. s.s
During the morning / called in q
neighbor, who assisted me in preparing
the body for burial.
My brother and myself made the cof-
fin; 1t took US until after 8 O'Clock to