St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-25


zee. The man was said to have died
rom delayed attention, says the New
NOrF Press.
- h thing If clarity treatment is
me 4. the most bothersome questions a
physician in a big city has to contend
with" said the doctor. "There are
thousands of people IN every big town
who attempt to get through life with
tut paying for anything, and doctors
are their prey. 1t costs money to pur-
,ilase bandageS. an8 ,thetlcS and such
Hings. a doctor must live as we'll as
liner people. Patients who can pay
Won't pay, and it is no wonder that
ioct0rs become aggravated now and
hen. But l draw the line, however, on
lie methods adopted by doctor in my
feighborhood. A teamster came to his
lice with vicious cash on his fore
iead Incurred in a fight The fellow
-Ould hardly walk from the loss OF
,lood. He wanted the cut sewed up.
he doctor asked him if he had any
'aoneY. The fellow said he had So.
lie physician went 10 work and sewed
up tie cut. When he got through, after
II hours hard work. he asked for his
.ee. he fellow drew out 80 cents and
Tered 1t to the doctor, saying that that
" as all he had. This so enraged the
t-hyslclan that he requested the man to
~cp back into the chair. The fellow
DnSuspectingly did SO. The doctor
rabOed him by the throat, ana with
he cut OF his knife reopened the
wound. This was barbarous act. un-
Justified, and while doctors must have
money. such conduct merits the great
',t censure. The doctor who COM
"iltted this act of gross revenge has
ully suffered for his folly in his loss of
patronage and standlng.''
why do more physicians than any
1ther class OF men. proportiunately die
ny their own hands?" The Question
was put to a group of doctors at the
congress. One of these answered with
plt moments hesitation: Because ir
regular hours for rest and food lead 10
'tlmulants. In the cities doctors take
:hiSky 10 sustain them. In the country
they resort TO opium. The use of either
I';uis TO hts OF depression and TO the
digestion OF suicide. The irregulari-
- on doctors life are not known
aside OF it. During the latest grin
:, +, asoh | was out of bed nine days.
" hen Ill health comes the Doctors
rcupatlon is gone. 1t is all
i'3Wrilten law tnat sick doctor should
Ut 20 to patients bedside. His now
= of NICE discrimination and Judgment
! -, not only weakened bv his own
''dily condition, but that relationship of
''eGlal influence over the patient which
J. more tllan drugs is not exercised when
= - doctor IS sick himself. 1t is easy to
why members of our profession.
hrh they become depressed or sick.
'til 10 thoughts of self-destruction.
iySician, heal thySelf,' is hard thing
More or less romance creeps into a
+ iTslcians life" said Dr.. Allan Turner.
, Cincinnati. I'VE become, like the
,itoily confessional, the recipients OF
Il lnanner OF secrets, and some of them
1uid blast many happy home should
.ry become known to the world. One
the saddest scenes | remember was
ri's denial of her mother when the
ter was lying under tie physicians
ilte III big hospital. The mother
'iiIe to Us suffering from an incurable
ease, and she was plainly told that
he operation which was about to be
,rtormed might cost her her life. The
ay-halred old woman was asked If she
at any wishes or communications to
NE before passing through the ordeal.
IL asked us to stay the operation for a
. -"rt lime, and for two days she lay