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much a~ any good. genial friend might do.
Fads aud unusually attractive furpisl =
ings and plenty Of diverting talk are the
modern PHYSICIANS stock in trade. Bin
far moW than any of his predecessors
IN medicine does he study the personality y
Of his patients.
He is an arts in the knowledge and in
he application Of the knowledge Of human
nat ure, mental and physical. And as a
rule he stipulates for more than one inter-
view with his patients before treating
them.
just a. the artist photographer prefers
getting acquainted with the facial charac-
teri-tics of a person before taking his pic
ture, so the skilled physician wants 90
know the mental characteristics and the
lives inside of III, patients before undertake
ing their treatment. With he increased list
of diseases and IN" many complex, subtle
disorders that are now prevalent the modern
doctor has had To resort 10 much moro
subtle reasoning than the old-tiine family
physician ever dreamed of.
Health, sterling, robust health, Is another
requisite Of the modern doctor The pale,
stoop--houldered learned man Of the study
l. no longer in vogue. IL IL money in the
ncw-time doctors pocket 10 give on such
an atmosphere of health and vigor and Of
being AT the top Of things that there is
reiuvena,ion even in the look Of him.
so he goes 10 the golf links and takes
HOLIDAYS on the hunting fields and is alto
gethcr athletic ana wcll-preserved The
better time he has and the more he sees Of
the pleasing things of life tho better he i
ahlc 10 cheer mp and put spirit into hi-
patients. People who are hipped, who
have molancholia and chronic insomnia.
neuralgia and nervous troubles, get fresh
courage Just from being with him and
hearing him talk.
Why is il that nervous disorders are 40
much on the increase when people are
supposed 10 live so much more rationallyt'
was asked Of a physician who had cured
Young patient of insomnia and then secured
her place to teach.
Because the average person lives AZ
too high tension" was the answer. People
have better living quarters. better bathing
and exercising facilities. better cooking,
more adequate clothing than they used 10
have. but they're too sclf-centred,
Whatever they do, whether for pleasure
or business. j. done with an eve to the
main chance. whether tho benefit IL to he
physical. social or educational The mo-
tive with which thing il done governs the
effect on the deer And much of the ia -h-
ionable idlIug j. hard work
Every moment must be appropriated
either in actually doing something or in
preparation for doing something. No time
j. given Just to Quie, do-nothingness, OF at
lea-, 10 re-,ful pursuits.
If fashionable woman reads book
its not for the pleasure of reading II. but
about it. II she goes for a walk OF 70 q
physical culture lesson it not for the sake
of the fresh air and the motion. but because
she knows that eXerCi'e II a beauty maker
There il an unremitting strain after
effect, "A mad race To te up on everything
which il cruel TO delicate nerves. ! tell
my women patients-for II l. women that
are TIE greatest sayers Of nerve power.
You can't bc all things 10 all men.
neither can YOU I've all things TO yourself.
View the situation dispassionately. Pick
20 do and do those And let the rest slide,
no matter wha, tho other people in your
class may he doing
A great many of the nerve-sick people
in great city are out Of sorts just through
lack ~ a motive in life. New York is full
Of women. foot loose as it. we're from all
allegiance to home or domestic interests.
who imagine themselves afflicted with all
sorts of maladies Just because they are
bored or dispiried. They have hysteria,
insomnia, and all depressing symptoms,
and seek doctor.
In nine cases out of ten all they need
Is sympathy, the feeling that they NAV
freely unburden every detail Of their ca.
10 discriminat ing ears. toll them Of peo-
pie infinitely worse of than they In bodily
seilse, and when they seem in the right
frame Of mind have delicate little lunch
brought in ostensibly for me
Il have half.dozen such reflections,
during a NOR ming so,retimce. and the
picking up in Interest and ambition as We
discuss cookery together Often such
cases become grateful friends OF the phys,-
cian. the friends who remember To dire,
others whom they meet in travelling TO hs
door and So help him To become known