The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-09-15
LOW TO GO FOR A DOCTOR IN An
EMERGENCY.


EMERGENCY.
There is a right way and a wrong
way to get a doctor. Better 20 slow
a fast as you can, then when you
reach the Doctors office, you will
not be painting for breath, but you
will be able to tell the doctor what
is wanted of him. Why should
you be able to say more than "doc
-doc-tor-come-quick : you car
--,o-to Moses Mi-mi-kaber-
he's-dead !" and then fall in a fiji
at tae Doctors feet?
will tell you why. A doctor i
supposed to know what to do in an
emergency, how TO do it, when To
do il, and when not to do it. But
no doctor, or anybody else, can do
anything properly unless he is per
fectly cool. And how can he keep
from getting excited ii you burst in
the door Of his office, rush in and
fall all over the doctor in your ex-
citemert? The doctor ought to
know all about the trouble, so that
he can take with him the proper
remedies and the proper appliances.
Much valuable time is otherwise
lost. So when you 90 after the
doctor the next time an emergency
breaks loose in your neighbcrhood
try to do about as follows:
Remember your name, the town
YOU live in, and what you are after.
Go slow as fast a. you can, and
then when you get to the dDctor's :
office YOU will have breath enough
left to be able to tell the doctor what
is wanted of him. Keep your wits
about you if you have any.
When you get to the Doctors :
office rush right in and yell at the
top of your voice. All doctors are
deaf. Don't knock at the Doctors
door or ring the bell, for that would
surprise the doctor 50 much it would
endanger his equanimity. Don't
say, "good morning. or "good
evening" for that would be a sign
of good breeding, which has no
business with messenger who is
after a doctor.
1t would be a waste of time to tell
the doctor what kind of weather is
in the vicinity. SO veil at him to
come as quick a possible, " if
not sooner" right away" i'm
mediately," sat once" Everybody
says that, so don't forget to tell it,
not once, but several times. Re
peat it very frequently, and thus get
he doctor stirred up. If he asks
you any questions don't pay any
'ttention to them, but Yell "ge-
"geschwindl"
Many a time has a village been
'udely awakened from It's lethargic
deep by a foaming steed rushing
through the village for the doctors
,fiice, and the doc or accompanied
he farmer in the same helter-s skelter
only to find the patient
,laying with the ducks or geese or
he pigs in the barnyard. And all
he farmer and doctor had for thier
,ains was two fatigued horses, two
ore backs, and we're some wiser if
lot sadder men. The truth in the
natter is such false emergencies are
f daily occurrence, and more than
line of ten urgent calls for the doc
or could be made III leisurely and
ecorous manner, much to the good
ceiling of all interested parties.
An old doctor used to say, "al-
'avs 90 slow to sick case. If you
ONE too late, you could not have
one any good anyway, and one
hing sure, you will be able to catch
orr breath when you get there.
Years and years ago a man died
old age without the help of the
octors, and he is buried in Sassa
as Jungle, ana has a nice tomb :
one at the head OF his grave. The
)ctors bought that tombstone for
i'm because he went after a doctor !
the right way once upon a timel
ld he did it as follows:
Good morning, doctor,n =
Good morning." :
"Samuel Sycamore, who lives o.
lrdy creek, on the farm next TO
ine, you know you were out to my
ace when my wife was sick last
inter and you did her 80 muchI'
BOD, met with an accident. III,
II backw wards from a hay-wagonl
I'd lit on his hands and head, and I
fork ran into his back, and he is
)w unconscious. II YOU please.
,ctor, come out and wait on him.
And the doctor went with hin
king the things along that h, :
ought he would need for Samue