The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-06-24
BLUSHING.
Physicians Who Make Speciality Of Re
Iieving the Embarrassed.

Physicians Who Make Specially Of Re-
neving the Embarrassed.
Perhaps there is no question which
doctors have to deal with more fire.
quently than the cure of blushing. 1t
is net to be wondered at, therefore,
that there are now in London two
or three ladies and gentlemen who
have made this interesting ailment
their special study. AS to the actual
mode of cure we will say nothing,
but undoubtedly among the patients
of the "blushing Doctor there are
some sorely afflicted and yet withal
interesting individuals in all classes
of society.
Let the doctor speak for himself:
lone 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 a constant source
of grief to him, and he actually de-
clared that if he were not cured of
blushing he should have to resign
his commission.
"Of course I number scores of
clergymen among my patients. One
"a curate-plaintively said that
when called upon to read the lessons
he invariably stood before his con-
gregation with his face the color of
a ripe tomato. His white surplice
heightened the effect, and frivolous
members of his congregation had
not hesitated to compare 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 dan
ger of being led into levity. And
this thought gave him great pain.
"Even more serious, in certain
sense, was the case Of young man
employed in large draper's shop,
who was actually discharged by his
irate employer simply because
whenever asked by lady customer
to show goods he was in the habit
of blushing and stammering violent
ly. Furthermore, in the case of GER
tain goods, he was wholly unable to
transact any business at all. Sew
eral complaints had been made of
this weakness on the part of the
young man, and the matter culmi
mated in his receiving weeks
wages and his dismissal, to say
nothing of 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, too,
was in the habit of blushing to the
roots of her hair wherever spoken
to, and her chief trouble lay in the
fact that, owing to this same blush
ing habit, several young men of her
acquaintance-with the conceit of
youth-rather fancied that she was
in love with them, whereas she re-
garded them with perfect indiffer-
ence. This was a really difficult
case.
"You would think that CONNER
cial travellers were the very last men
in the world to need my treatment,
yet I number among my patients
several knights of the road. Now
clearly the persuasive tongue and
alluring samples of the traveller
avail him nothing if he cannot re-
frain from becoming a lively Grim,
son directly he confronts possible
buyer"
1t is an interesting fact that the
number of "blushing" doctors is in
creasing, and it is undoubtedly
better paying profession than that
of the ordinary medical practitioner.
Mail.
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