Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-08

uuest. TefiaFS LIE. fOote - animated as
much by vanity as philanthropy. He
thinks his physical organism will reveal Sc
crcts at present unknown to science and
therefore his body will lie worth dissecting.
Both the document and its author are
original creations. As to the will. it Is
constructed differently from the ordinary
last testament Of n man, being devoid OF
all legal verbiagc and written in IN enter
tanning. gossipy manner, It includes a de-
scription of the doctors physical make up
and the imperfcctions incident thereto, so
that the coming medical student who shall
take him apart may do SO with more IA
cility aud profit. 1t embodies a brief bio
graphical sketch Of the author, as well rs
his ideas on cremation, progress, medicine
and the abatement of crime.
"Rcaiizing that we are given to many
practices for which we can assign no rea-
son, only that it is the custom" the dOcu-
Inent begins, land realizing that many of
these practices arc not only unwise, but
actually perniciouS, and believing this to
be the case in regard to our present custom
1T disposing of the dead by funeral cerc-
monte and burials in the earth, through
which water percolates, rendering our
fountains deadly poisonous, and from
which noxious gases often arise, which en-
my n,o,os, .na;ns, ia 100 en
rica our i'm nc -,I;.,o.;tio, .f -
and insist that all except sIic6 parts rs
may he found worthy of preservation in
the interest of science. he cremated and
disposed of as hereinafter provided.
Realizing further that there are some
points i'm my anatomy that i:ray he of in
tprest to our profession. I will man them
ont i'm order Tn far;lit,te tbe worE of Nh.
operator who NAV dii.ect INV remotns
Then follows an account Of nr Eoo,e.s
various peculiar complaints in the tech
meal Language affected IN the medical nro-
fcssion. DIR, Footc calls tbose ia;olyr-
cracies .deviations from the normal. ,, and
bcyins with tic lsSs irnr,,t,r -. ~
He explains that s.the orerator will find
that the right Gbula and tibia have been
fractured three times. leaving an uus;vbtIv
lump"
Nrxr comes n compound frocturo NV
tending from near the elboyv to the .bouI.
tier. which of itself il of ,;tt,o ;,r,,ortono.
he states. but the new attachment, nf the
muscles which cause the arm TO lock and
induce main when raised i'm a CERTAIN nosi-
,ion-as. for instance. in the net of uniting
On coat or vest-may prove of some interest.
The right ear next must lie taken into
consideration. which was sturg or bitten
by Il black beetle in the ~neighborhood of
the timpanum twenty odd years ago, caus-
ing total deafness in that ear.
The stomach of DIR. Foote will also prove
If interest 10 some young man handy with
the scalpel. HE NAV or NAV not find
anything abnormal continues tho will
for Of late wears il ha, copsed me little or
no trouble. but some wears 400 7 suffered
much with indigestion. acidity and recur-
citation. \ frequent metallic tinkljng 40
If an iron or steel rod was lightly bit in
that region. was heard. which was vsrv
annoying, and after this l was nrostr,ted
by solar heat and was unable To Iabor mr.
retain food or drink tn any cxtant for ~
weeks"
After calling attention 70 ons;
ton of the appendix. rho ,,o,,,,n.rt Ii
cusses the spine. where a careful ;m.noo
ton is recommended. some doo.ors r..
claimed that the trouble WA, ,,a,i, in,o'
motor. and the patient admits ,h.t ~,
svmptoms indicated sucb 70 h, 81. -
The brain. il il suggested win -
EQUALLY profitable 10 the onerator .dns,s
crinr the other conditions 'nsu