The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-02-06
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WoH water Proves PoSr suhsest1so cov
BGooG Tea.
my most remarkable professional
experienced" repeated the physician
thOughtfully knocking she end OF his
cigar and addressing q Washington
Star reporter. .'Thot is @ hard ques-
tion to answer Off-hand. but can tell
you Of ap extremely odd occurrence
in connection with my practice re-
Gently. u
ut -wasia case OF pneumonia A
young lsd was sick with the COM
plalut cut IN TefAey town. The father.
q poor man and carpenter by trade.
was an old acquaintance of mine.
having done odd jobs for me occa-
sionally. He insisted on employing
my services, though recommended
n practitioner near at hand, because
/ could not possibly go ont there to
visit the patient mora than once a
day.
1.-The disease had already reached
O critical stage when l was first sum-
moned After writing couple OF
prescriptions and giving directfo MS
as to other matters. / called the
father and requested his attention to
certain instructions respecting food.
Said / to him:
a. Take this quart whisky bottle
and put into it one pound of finely
chopped lean beef. cork it tightly,
place it in = pot Of water. and let it
boil four hours That will make the
strongest kind Of extract-a highly
concentrated form of nourishment
Give to the boy one tablespoonful OF
1t every hour.
IL went away satisfied shat every
thing was provided for. The next
dsy returned to find my patient in
q state of collapse. In haste called
for brandy and milk, and managed
to revive him. For the life Of me /
could not account for the situation
of affairs. summoned the father,
who was nearly distracted with anx-
Iety, and questioned him.
Have you given him the beef
extract ordered?' asked.
I" oh yes. sir, he replied.
, {" Every hour"
ss Yes, sir
""Ycu put pound OF chopped
raw beef into the bottle and boiled
it?'
' Yes. sir. Corlke1 it up and
boiled it four hol-s in q pot of water.
He's had a tablespoonful of the stuff
every hour since you were hcre last.
Z" 1t beats me- said. Why,
could have suppo ed that the boy
was exanimate from sheer inanition.
Bring me some of the beef extract
|: and let me see it
Presently half tumbler Of the
preparation was brought up and sub
mitted to me for examination.
, could hardly believe my senses. II
! looked like water, ia ted like water.
it was water and nothing else.
"'What does this mean?' I de-
manded angrily.
!; That's the stuff you ordered
sir replied the father. confidently.
, i made it myself, according to YOU
! own dlrections-boi!el the bottle o
|, beef just as you said But l mus
I. confess shat l thought it was a pret
ty weak kind of broth for a sicl
. boy
II stared at him for minute o.
:. two in wonder. Then light begar
W udWh OA AhO. S6oPO0 anu o0tA
l. "'Bring me the bottle
He did So It's contents hal evi
IDENTITY not been disturbed. poured
. from it tablespoonful of thick and
- nourishing fluid and administered il
=. : to the patient
The father looked on as if awe
= struck.
Why said he. you never tolt
me of that! You said to cork up tn
: bottle, but you did not tell me t,
= = uncork it. So thought that yo'
meant l should give him the water i
was boiled inn
$50 that was what my patient hai
been fed on for twenty-four hours
boiled water and nothing more. N
wonder that found him in a stat
. Of collapse. He recovered. but
was a narrow squeak, assure you.