Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1901-11-14
AFTER THE VACATION
Busy Season for Doctors, Dentists
and Tinkers.
When People Return from suDmer's
Outing There IL Much Demand for
Medical Advice asA Much
Repairing to he Done.

The end of the vacation season Is
busy time for the transportation
companies. for the baggagemen and
for the apartment house agents. The
handy men who do little jobs about
a house. from winding sash cord
to cleaning n furnace, the electri-
clans, bell hangers and the plumbers,
all find extra work when people re-
turn to their houses. which had been
closed or placed in the hands of a
servant or two for months. But
these are not the only people whose
work increases with the close Of the
season-the physician and the dem
list come In for their share of extra
work. and many of the men in these
professions know this and come home
from their vacation early enough TO
be on hand when the wanderers re-
turn, says the New York Tribune.
Some people when they go away
for the summer, lay in stock OF med
icine and advice, and think they have
provided against anything that may
turn up. II nothing happens, II none
Of the children become sick, If they
manage to avoid accidents and come
home whole, the wise parents pat
themselves on the back and congratu-
late themselves on having gone away
provided with DIR. Curem's medicines
and advice II there Is sickness Of
| any kind in the family while the va
cation lasts one of the first things
| that the returning mother does is TO
send for the family physician. There
| is nobody sick" she will tell the doc
tor when he comes. but while We were
away our william was uuweil." Then
| she'll tell what was the matter with
| the boy, what medicine he got, what
I diet was prescribed and all about the
cure. Now, do you think that was
all right?" she may say. or, IF there
was any typhoid in the water or ma
| laris in the air can we do anything
| now" or shall We continue the
diet prescribed by the country doc
| tori"
That is only one class OF after-va-
| cation patients. Another IL made up
I OF people who come TO report as TO
what good or harm has come 10 them
/ because of the physicinn's advice TO
10 10 the country. These people are
rot aAi agreeable visitors at the doc
tors Office. IL when they return to
| town they are still not free from the
hay fever. malaria. rhenmatism
| nervousness or indigestion, for the
cure of wlr;ch they went TO the coun-
try or to some watering place. tho
| doctor hear. from them. Most pa
! tisnts are reasonable in that respect
| and understand that an absolute cure
WAS no, expected. but others give the
| doctor piece of their mind. and vow
they will never go to the country
again because a physician advises
them to do so.
But there 10 another clasa OF pa
tienss at this time OF the year which
In rather a large one. 1t n made up
OF people who went TO the country
perfectly well and returned worn out
and sick. Their vacation is usually
constant "go" and they become
tired out, exhausted and complain OF
being run down" On the whole
|. physicians miss considerable practice
s.ring the vacation months, but II II
usually made up right after the PEG
pie return. and the general practi'
TONER gets . few weeks OF heavy
business.
An uptown photographer said thai
he had stranger after-vacation eli
ents than his ncighbor the physician
people who go TO the country and
invest lot Of money in fresh air and
exercise" he said, ARE proud when
one tells them that they look vel
when they get back home. Some OF
them are anxious to preserve the EVIL
dence OF their summer gain, and
have had them come here. fresh from
the country. and ask to be photo
eraphed and wonder II there was nc
way to show their fine tan.