Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-10-10
GAR AND PHYSICIAN.


that bis mortal end IL not far distant,
bic attending pbyslc.an,so n ~. Pelors.
turg telegram says having Informed
him that malad, ~ incurable and that
his ME cannot b, prolonged for more
than few months a. most 10 somC.
times Is the Gee that mcn, excited aud
unncrvei H. the presence OF danger
from vhlin there IL hope Of escape,
whom brought face TO face with the
certainty Of doom, regain composure
and await the end with calmuess ami
olearness Of mind. II the announce.
ment to the gar will have this effect
upon him, u surely will be a relief
to the unfortunate monarch, who has
been worried and harased until ho 10
mental a. we'll ~ physical wreck.
Now that he feels the certainty Of the
shadow OF death upon him, he may
find peace In resignation 10 his ate.
There il no question as 10 the per.
feet confidence Of tho ear Ia hls
medical adviser; for while DR.. Zschar.
In Is generally regarded a. "erank"
because Of his peculiar manners, he
also has the reputation Of rarely
making an effoc Ia his dias.
nosis OF case aud In his
conclusion as to It, ultimate results
Many instances afe related Of him
showing how absolutely correct he isin
this regard. One may be mentioned
hsre--that oiR high government OH.
cial from the roer district The gen.
tlemAn had heart disease, and called
ON Professor Zachatin, who examined
him and remarked, "You may live
Qua year" just eleven mouths after
wards the two met. The official had
improved greatly In health, aud told
the doctor 20. saying that he hoped 10
1.-Two many "a year longer. The doctor
msde the significant reply that be had
never made n mistake. Ths official
dropped dead from heart disease few
days later.
II Ia ten years since the Moscow
Medical society denounced Professor
zicharin as chatlatan, because Of
Wis defiance Of professional etiquette
But today he Is the beet pAia physician
In Russia, ana has fame as the most
successful. His leo for a professional
Wilt has been increased, tirst iTom ten
roublts TO hundred, aud lately b a
'housnnt; yet he probably doos
more work for nothing than
any man IN the profession Ia
Russia, for he has n very large
practice among The poor, from whom
he will take no pay for his services.
Tie desplses vanity In others, yet Is
most vain OF his own suCcess,,; aud
mis- ecorntricity shows itself Ia irfl.
liability when the slightest dlsrespect
Is maniiestoi toward him by any Of
The higher class OF nobility, yet 10
hose beneath him 10 social standing,
down to the poorest Of the poor, lac 10
excessively kind and polite.
This Is the description OF man who,
10 far "a medical attendance aud skill
20, has the fate Of tue czar Of the Rus.
sias In his hands, and who hiss declared
that that fate Ia the early pas.age OF
the monarch to "the other sideD--
a mau who IL himself from among the
ranks Of the Muscovite poor anu has
gained his eKallel petition through his
admirable faculties Of sclf.douial, hard
iabora 4 an iulOmitablg will. Even
In Russia, where the higher and lower
glasies are a. far apart as In any country
o! earth, there are opportunities iorthe
Two 20 stand side by siue In the tuprrme
moment Had the czaT been torn In
humble home Instead OF being the
NOR 70 royalty, he might havg passed.
happier anu llve1 a longer He; but
u 10 doubtful whether,ii Dr. u Acharin
hal come INTO tho world as prince iu-
pgrial Of Russia he cOuli have had
greater succoss IN HE chosen career.