The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-01

ing the character of his patients. One. OF
his regular vistors-a lady-would cheerful
~ pay her fee just to have the opportunity
Of gosspping with him. Hes first words
would be; Have you heard?' and Jenner
would break in: No; / have not. Please TO
put this thermometer in your mouth, that
| may take your temperature. And he kept
the tube between her lips for ten minutes,
so that only five minutes were left for the
lady to indulge in chatter. She came regu-
larly every week, notwithstanding.
AT lao he would have his Iuncheon-
something very simple-and a cup or tea
Then he went off in his rounds of cOnsulta-
tions. and always had his tea sent to him
He took it in his carriage. Sometimes he
would be out until 10 p. m, and would dine
when he came in, drinking a couple of cups
more tea, and the last thing before retiring.
between IL and u o'clock, ne would have
more tea. He was great tea drlnker. ana
very abStemIouS, never taking any Stimu-
lants except measured glass of brandy
when he had indigestion. Once. for that
cause, he lived on stewed chops and rice for
lunch and dinner. with tea, for a couple or
years, but ordinarily he was a great feeder
| Iecollect on one occasion, his friend
Reynolds came to see him. Jenner was at
dinner He had had soup, fish. the greater
part OF a chicken, and he was in the middle
Of huge rice pudding when Reynolds en-
tered and asked him how he was. Jenner
drew pftiful sigh, and replied, I am not
at all well-no appetite. Jenner was no
smoker, and had no hobby or recreative re-
source OF any kind outside of his profession.
He invariably refused society invitations.
His power of commanding sleep was mar
Velous Once at his bedside he handed me
letter l went TO the table to place the
letter upon it; before 1 could return to him
he was fast asleep,
II suppose he did more consultation jour
neys In mis- time than any other physician.
His reputation was so great that he would
be called to all parts of the country, and
even to Scotland. On these trips he would
invariably amuse himself with a 2-shilling
novel. such light literature was the only
relaxation he permitted himself. I like a
good lie, he said Frequently in his consul
tatlonS ne would discover general practtion-
ers 10 be altogether wrong and he some
times found that they had been deceived by
shammlng, once he was called to see a
young girl who was suffering from paralysis,
and soon afterward he was summoned to her
ddi is. VINO alleged herself III of the same
olSease but he slyly pinched her, the girl
colored, and next day he gravely ordered
her out. She walked about fully recovered.
Another girl presented to the medical men
strangely coated tongue. Jenner saw It,
asked Tor basin and towel and wiped it
clean The girl had covered it with soap.
once he went to Scotland to see a rich
man. lie was TO meet Glasgow professor.
BetOre Jenner was called in the son-n-laW
was anxious to have a homeopath, but the
professor refused, saying No, you must
nave the best man in England. We will
telegraph for Jenner.' Jenner came, and the
young man was very pleased with the eX-
PLANTATION of the case All he said to Jen-
ner you will understand. Sir William that
a drowning man will catch at q straw
Yes, replied the great DOCTOR a confirmed
auopath, / can understand that, but can
not understand his leaving a plank to
Shortly before he gave up practice Jen-
ner was seized with paralysis of the right
side, with loss of speech. He, however, re-
gained his speech completely and the power
of using his limbs, and he saw some pa
tents subsequently. But the attack hast
ened a preconceived decision. His brother
had left him the old palace house of the
bishop Of Winchester, at Bishops Waltham,
Hants. But it was not to this retreat that
he went. He bought an estate in the neigh
borhood, which is called Greenwood, Dur
ley, having disposed of his Brook-street
house to John Williams. 1 think he made
a mistake in Withdrawing from an active
life. For a while he was driven about in
pony cart, taking q little interest in his
farms. but for the last few years of his life
he was too feeble to do anything of the
kind, for he had not the strength to sign
his own name, and he lived on, without
anything to enliyen the monontony of his
declining days 1t was a sad end to con-
template. altogether uniting to a brilliant
career But throughout his long illness he
had the soace of unremitting attention
from Lady Jenner, who in the loss she and
her family have sustained will have the
sympathy of wide circle of faithful
friends"