The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-07
BLUSHING.
Physicians Who Make a Speciality of
Relieving the Embarrassed

London Mail.
Perhaps there is no question which doc
tors have to deal with more frequently
than the cure of blushIng. 1t is not to be
wondered at, therefore, that there are now
i'm London two or three ladies and gen.
tlemen who have made this interesting all
ment their special study. AS to the actual
r.ode of cure we will say nothing, but un-
doubtedly among the patients OF the
''b!ushing doctor there are some sorely
afflicted. and yet withal intei esting, indi-
viduals in all classes of society.
Let the doctor speak for himself
One of my first patients was a captain
OF a crack cavalry regiment, who, though
perfectly at his ease when conversing with
men. was in the presence of ladies covered
with confusion and color. This. as you
may imagine. was q constant source of
grief to- him. and he actually declarcrd that
if he were not cured of blushing he should
have TO resign his commission.
. course, / number scores of clergy
men among my patients. Onc-a curate-
plaintively said that when called upon to
read the less )ns he invariably stood before
his congregation with his face the color of
a ripe tomato. dis white surplice height
ened the effect. and frivolous members of
his congregation had not hesitated to COM
pare him to a candle that had just been
blown out. leaving a glowing red spark at
the top. Instead of being edited by his
discourse. therefore, the members of the
congregation were in sore danger OF being
led into levity. And this thought gave him
great pain.
Even more serious. in a certain sense,
was tlG Cdct VI al NOuilS littl tilDIOsC GU III
a large Diapers shop, who was actually
discharged by his irate employer, simply
because whenever asked by a lady Gus
toner to show goods he was in the habit
of blushing and stammering violently.
Furthermore, in the case of certain goods,
he was wholly unable TO transact any bus
irtSS at all. Several complaints had been
made of this weakness ON the part of the
young man. and the matter eliminated in
his receiving a weeks wages and his dis
missal. TO say nothing of a torrent of abuse
from his late master.
"A very interesting case was that of a
young lady who recently wrote TO me in
great distress. She was i'm the habit of
blushing to the roots of her hair whenever
spoken to; and her chief trouble lay in the
fact that. owing to this same DlUshing hab-
IL. several young men of her acquaintance
with the conceit of youth-rather fancied
that she was i'm love with them, whereas
she regarded them with perfect indiffer-
ence. This was a really difficult case.
You would think that commercial trav-
elers were the very last men in the. world
TO need my treatment, get / number among
my patieltS several knights of the road.
Now. clearly. the persuasive tongue and
alluring samples of the traveller avail him
nc thing if he cannot refrain from becom-
ing a lively crimson directly he confronts
Il possible buyer.
Ii is an interesting fact that the number
of blushing doctors il increasing. and 1t
Is. undoubtedly, IL better paying profession
than that of the ordinary medical practi-
TONER.