The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-03

| mastery. Ills papers on 'rckets' exhaust
ed the whole subject; nobody has added
anything TO it since. though these paper
were written so far back as lS57-G0-6l
1T was in 1873 that ] joined him, aud
was with him until his retirement in 1880
lie must have made an enormous sum dur
ing those fifteen years. His practice in
Brook street. l know, doubled in 1876, and
his income averaged from fl2 900 10 f15,l50
per nnnum. 1t never went beyond that.
Andrew Clarke once boasied thai he made
$4,000 year. but do rot understand now
he did IL. l DO not take into account ex-
ceptional fees, OF which. I know, Sir VII
liam had twO-each $3.50 guneas, both paid
by Americans. The first was given him
for going to Scotland. and the second, just
as he was retiring from practice, was SEM
TO him by gentleman for seeing his son
at Brighton / have known Jenner 10 take
1909 guineas day IN country journeys. II
was these, with the mileage paynens, that
enabled him TO make so much money, for
he refused to raise his town consultation
fee from gu.neas 10 guineas, which was
just then coming into vogue, for he argued
that great many people in ordinary cir
cumstances, who would perhaps wish to
have his opinion, could not afford the
higher fee.
His mornings ne would devote TO pa
tients, who called upon him at his own
house. lie would begin at 9 a. m, and az
low to each enc quarter of an hour, and
sometimes less. The time was regulated by
clock in front Of him. Ele always used TO
say that If he could not get to the bottom
Of case In ten minutes he never Would.
But he seemed to arIfye at a diagnosis at
once. lie had a marvellous power of read
ing the character of MS patients. One of
his regular visitors--a lady--wouid cheer
fully pay her fee just 10 have the oppor-
tunity Of gossping with him. Her first
words would be: Have you heard? and
Jenner would break in: No; / have not.
Please to put this Thermometer in your
mouth. that l may take your tempera-
ture.' And ne kept the tube between her
lips for ten minutes, SO that only five min
utes were left for the lady TO indulge in
chatter. She came regularly every week.
Notwithstanding.
"At LAS he would have his luncheon
something very simple-and a cup of tea.
/ Then he went off on his rounds of consul
tations and always had his tea sent to
him. He took It in his carriage. Some
times he would be out until 10 p. M, and
would dine when he came in, drinking
couple of cups more tea, and the last thing
before retiring, between II and u o'clock,
he would have more tea. He was a great
tea drinker, and very abstemious, never
taking any stimulants except a measured
Once, for that cause, he lived on stewed
chops and rice for lunch and dinner, with
tea, for a couple of years, but ordinarily
he was great feeder. / recollect, on
one OCCASION his friend Reynolds came 10
see him. Jenner was at dinner. He had
had soup. fish, the greater'part of a chick
en-. and he was in the middle of huge
rice pudding when Reynolds entered and
asked him how he was. Jenner was no
smoker and had no hobby or recreative re-
sources of any kind outside of his pro-
fession.e He Invariably refused society
invitations.
His power of commanding sleep was
marvellous. Once at his bedside he hand
ed me a letter. / went 10 the table to
place the letter upon it; before | could re-
turn 10 him he was fast asleep,
Il suppose he did more consultation
Journeys in his time than any other ply
sician His reputation was so great that
he would ne called TO all parts of the
country, and even to Scotland. On these
trips he would Invariably amuse himself
with two-shilling novel. Such light fit
erature was the only relaxation he permit
ted himself L like good lie' he said
Frequently in his consultations he would
discover general practitioners to be alto
gether wrong. aud he sometimes found
that they had been deceived by shamming
Once he was called to see young girl
who was suffering from paralysis and
soon afterward he was summoned 90 her
sister, who alleged herself III of the same
disease, but he slyly pinched her, the girl
colored. and next day he gravely ordered
her out. She walked about. fully recov-
cred. Another girl presented TO the med
zeal men a strangely coated tongue, Jen-
ner saw it,, asked for a basin and towel.
and wiped 1t clean. The girl had lowered
il with soap.
Once he went TO Scotland to see rich
| man. He was to meet a Glasgow profess
| sor. Before Jenner was called in the
| son-in-law was anxious 10 have a homoeo-
| path, but the professor refused, saving.
! NO, you must have the best man in Eng
! land. We will telegraph for Jeuner' Jen-
nor came, and the young man was very
| pleased with the explanation of the case
An, he said to Jenner, you VIII under
| stand, Sir William, that drowning man
| Will catch at a straw Yes. replied the
! great doctor, a confirmed anopath L can
| understand that, but / cannot understand
his leaving a plank to do So.
Shortly before he gave up practice. Jen-
ner was seized with paralysis of the right
! side, with loss of speech He however.
regained his speech completely and the
! power OF using his limbs, and he SAW
| some patients subsequently, But the at
tack FASTENED a preconceived decision His
of the bishop Of Winchester, at Bishops
| Watham. Hants But IL was not 10 this
retreat that he went. He bought an es-
| tate in the neighborhood, which is called
| Greenwood, Durley, having disposed of his
| BrCok street house TO John Williams. l
| think he made a mistake in Withdrawing
| from an active life. For a while he was
! driven about in a pony cart, taking lit
| tie interest in his farms, but for the last
! few years of his life he was too feeble
10 do anything Of the kind. for he mad
not the strength to sign his own name,
and he lived on. without anything 10 en-
| lven the monotony of his declining DAYS.
| 1t was a sad end to contemplate. alto
| gethcr uniting to a brilliant career. But
! throughout his long Illness he had the So
lace Of unremitting attention from Lady
| Jenner, who in the loss she ana her FAM
lily have sus stained will have the sympathy
| Of wide circle of faithful friends"