New-York tribune., 1901-07-21
GOOD FOR THE PHYSICIAN.
a DRUG AND \ BLUFF THAT STARTFD .
YOUNG DOCTOR ON THE ROAD
TO PROSPERITY
TO PROSPERITY

around
oh nptoe lest L shoe the luck bird eff the nest /
peiore she's laid all the eggs that my omelet's |
entitled 10. don't mind it not a little hit |
O1 course. it my first experience with sculptured
marble front brass grill, hot water and janitor |
service uniformed hall porter at all hours, but
m making a gallant struggle TO live up TO the |
bunch and it's all been done since New Year.
Last year this time l was working twenty-
four hours a Gay. holding sponges at clinics for
the sake Of the experience and looking after a |
private practice that didn't net my carfare |
TO be sure knew l had a brilliant future be- !
lore me, but for all practical purposes 1 was |
having about as hard lines fall the share
of most physicians when they try to break into ,
New-Hork practice. TIE change has to |
pass through drug-not much |
through the drug through having the neces- |
sary amount Of gall to make it do the trick.
The drug is very recent one. It is not !
absolutely new. rather a and much more |
satisfactory form Of thing that has been in
for the last five years. In fact, ever
since took up my specially in surgery the |
passages Of the head | have been using this |
agent in its older form. Naturally 1 sent for
of the stuff as soon as 1 heard of it in
order 10 give it a trial But when l learned the
price Immediately impressed with the idea |
that my practice would have to worry along !
without it, for ii costs dollar a grain, and l |
can assure you that much a whole grain
locks mighty cold and lonely in the smallest
size vials they make. Still. as 1 had blown in
my good dollar it incumbent on me TO get
some return.
While 1 just regretting my dollar a
patient happened. and that is the only word 10 |
describe it, He BILE, in right off the street and |
between his gasps he maraged make the /
servant at the door understand he must the I
doctor right away. and that he'd be willing 10 |
pay double fee if he could get to the doctor |
without any delay in the waiting room That
girl rose TO the occasion like 4 bird. While ne
Was worrying his overcoat off in the hall she |
walked over 10 the parlor and in quiet and
most matter OF fact tone told the par!or that
they would be subjected to some delay because
Of an urgent case that could not he neglected |
moment. Then she closed the parlor doors
It's just as well she did. fO- there was nothing
in the parlor besides the furniture.
when got the case in my Office after this .
little byplay in the hall he told me that there
was something the matter his throat and
he could hardly breathe and was afraid he
would die. but would l give him some tempor-
ary relief until he could get 10 a throat man to
have the thing properly repaired 1t wasn't eX-
actly fattering but l hadn't then begun to .
dream of a practice where it would be in the +
least essential adopt a fiattering tone with 4
me. But he had come TO me, and / was a nose
and throat man, even though he didn't know it, /
the job as well any else. So hunted /
through my table until / found d sample pack /
age of those steriIized wooden things TO hold the
tongue down with. l could see him watching |
me hard when l ripped open its hermeucally /
sealed paraffine envelope with pair Of foreceps, /
taken dripping from the bichoride bowl, and +
picked up the wooden affair with other forceps .
and passed il several times through a spirit (
flame Then l used il to depress the tongue;
the patient said 'Ah-h-h" and then il was easy /
to see what the matter with him. The top /
of his throat in bad shape, but there would /
be no further difficulty if he would consent TO
have his tonsils taken out.
While / selecting my instruments for the
operation | told him that i going to use
in his case drug that would render the work
practically painless and entirely bloodless, but
that il was much too expensive TO use on all pa
tiens for the price it could be bought for
WAS 81 900 a pound. That is rather a staggerer
on the face Of il. and the impression was fully
engraved upon his thought surfaces when i
exhibited my dollars worth at the bottom Of is
little bottle The operation was complete sue
cess the patient had pain and not a drop Of
his blood was shed. He asked me how much it
WAS and / replied that owing TO the character
of the oueration and the expense Of the material
I rnuct charge S1iD You could have