Daily camera., 1900-07-17
he WAS 4 BORN DOCTOR.
Used a Homemade An.esthetic which
Was SDeen Shaped and
Handy.

II was called down into one of the
little towns on the coast the other day
to attend 4 somewhat critical case" said
the doctor, according to the Lewiston
Journal. After got TO the house. and
the man had helped me OF with my big
coat, he took me OF to one side, and
says he:
81 don't suppose ye have any objec-
tions to lettin' Doc Emerson into con-
sultation with ye, do ye"
While l was looking at him and won
dering just what to say he went on:
"'Ye see, it's this way: Doc is good
neighbor Of ours, and good feller.
Some of these critters round here
sn eer at him some because he hain't
get no diploma but one from an eclec-
tic college. But don't know why them
&C lleges amt jest as good az some Of
IT, ese other colleges. What l want is
to have ye let doc come In and be with
We when ye examine my wife. Hes
b. en- tendin' her some, but he says him
self that she ain't been gittin' we'll as
fast as she ought to. He was the feller
Il at suggested bringing ye down here.
He says that ye're the best doctor there
is up to the city, so l sent for ye TO
come ...
We'll, of course. that naturally mol
lifted me a great deal in the direction
of the unknown Doc Emerson hate
to have anyone fussin' rou1ld me, but
didn't see how was going to shut the
doc out after that Endorsement of
me.
Let him come in,' saysI.
'-So I was introduced to Doc Emer-
son. He looked like q country horse
doctor. l believe he could cure bots
and garget quicker than he could
measles or canker rash. But l gave
him the warm shake and we 'oon-
suited
After the consultation we sat down
in the kitchen to have some dinner.
'The doctor did all the talking. l
found that he had most exalted idea
of his abilities. Said he was born doe
tor. Didn't have to 70 to school all his
life to know how to cure people. Ad-
mitted that on few things he would
defer to some of thn critters that had
been through the other colleges. That
was why he had called me down. Said
if the woman hadn't been the wife Of a
particular friend he would have taken
his chances, though.
"'But, gol dam it, said he, If she d
q Sed and he'd a thought ssms olher
feller could have brought her out, he'd
always have laid tup against me. -
Ter don't want to lose his frienAs, ye
know
II agreed with Doc that such thing
would be hardly comfortable.
II made pretty thorough e1amina-
ton week ago. said he, and was
afraid then that I would need some
help on the cnse. I could see that
though there warn't much. doubt about
my bein' able to git through with tire
case all right, still didn't want to run
100 much on chances-he bein' my
friend, as l have said
But I got through the examination
first class he continued. I took an
anaesthetic and
"'You mean. broke in. %hat she
took an anaesthetic'
"'No, no. said he. I took i'll took
it. was the one that was doin' the Cx-
aminin'.'
II didn't exactly understand what
the chap was driving at, but I let it 20,
and he kept on:
GAS I was sayin', took the anaes-
thetic and held down her tongue with
it
"'I don't follow you for cent, I said
I wish you would make the thing a lit
tie clearer For instance, what kind of
an anaesthetic were you using?'
"I wish I had it here says he. y
don't believe | can make you under
stand just what it was. You see, il
was sort OF homemade one-Im cute
about such things. and got it up my
self. But speaking generally, it was
sort Of spoon shaped, and you could git
the gol darndest grip on the handle
you ever see in all your life. If could
have had good light there in the room
I could have looked right into that
woman's lungs. blamed if I couldn't
"Well." concluded the doctor, II de-
cided that Doc Emerson was so far
ahead of me in the practice of medicine
that it wouldn't be advisable for me to
display my ignorance OF homemade anr
aesthetics any further, 80 we concluded