Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-05-07
THEMEDICALSTUDENT
Biographical Sketch Of J. n.
Padfield from His Own
Hand.

The medical student is a pecu-
liar animal. He is a bundle of &C.
centricities from start to finish.
Even in his youthful days he man.
ifested certain characteristics
which distinguished him from the
rest of his associates. He is the
same boy that used to ride his
hickory horse with his fathers old
worn out saddle-bags under him
and call himself doctor Jones.
He is the boy who used to make
the bread and mud pies and give
them to his sister Susan, and tell
her to take them. He is the self
same boy who always knew where
to find all the empty bottles and
many times he had to pour ont
his solutions of salt and rain wa
tet before they could be used for
other purposes. He is the same
boy that could usually be found
out in the barn yard when any of
the horses or cattle were sick.
He is the boy who took pride in
marking the cattle and hogs, with
q swallowfork in the left and an
under bitin the right and when
none of these could be found the
unoffending house cat served him
as subject upon which to try
his surgical skill. He is the boy
that early in life shows a DISPOSE
ton to study and an aversion to
work. A little later in life we
find him visiting his neighbors
who are sick and endeavoring to
administer to their wants, and in
many instances, given the name
of Dec. by his associates, long be-
fore he dreams Of what his mis-
sion on earth is. He is not always
counted as one of the best boys in
the community, but as a rule is
open and frank and says what he
thinks. He is ambitions and is
always trying some experiment Oh
scheme to mako something new
or get dime. He is the boy, as
q rule that asks a great many
questions and when an accident
of any kind has occurred he is new.
or satisfied till he has found out
all about it. In his school life
the Tenderness of his nature are
shown by an aptness and prefer
ence for those studies which later
in life form the foundation upon
which his profession is to be built
namely Physiology, Chemistery
and Physics He cares very lit
tie for mathematics or grammar
but often takes delight in spell
ing and pronouncing long Difficult
words, and when he has sufficient
ly advanced in the study of phys
iology to master few of the big
words he thinks he has accom-
plished wonders, and never lets al
opportunity go by to use them
He takes to these things naturally
never dreaming that he is laying
foundation for lifes work in the
future. Suddenly by some means
or other he is seized with the ideG
of becoming physician and with
out stopping to count the cost o.
time he rushes to his mother an(
tells her he is going to bea doctor
to which proposition she usually
objects. But having conceived
the idea he is not discouraged ant
sets to work at once to get read,
for college. And now comes tn,
most interesting part Of the story
AS a rule he is q boy withou
means and must battle his wa,
up the ladder of fame and for tim,
unaided by any one. In lookin,
around for some way of obtaining
quick money with which to prose
cute his plans, he turns from tn
farm to the district school, an,
enters the profession of teaching
not from choice, but as a mean
of getting money to put hin
. through college.
1t is o recorded fact from al
estimate made in a class of tire,
hundred students that 70 percen
of them had been school terchers
l and that about the same per cen
were raised on the farm, and it j
also q recorded fact that most 0
the prominent men in the profes
sion to day have come from tn
farm and the district school.
: Now Mr.. Editor We will con
t clude for this time for fear of i'm
posing on yOur valuable time. bu