Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-08

thusiasm. Indeed, according to his views,
the faculty possessed almost infallible quail
tiles. In confidence he had more than once
admitted TO me that certain of his col
leagues practicing in Harley street were
amazing donkeys; but he would never have
allowed anyone else to say so. From the
moment a man acquired that diploma which
gave him the right over life and death, that
man became in his eyes an august person
age for the world at large. 1t was a crime.
he thought, for a patient not to submit to
his decision, and certainly it must be ad-
mitted that his success in the treatment OF
nervous disorders had been most remark
able.
"You were at that lecture by Deboutin
Of Paris the other day. he exclaimed to me
suddenly, while l was seated at his bedside
describing the work | had been doing for
him in London. "Why didn't you tell me
you we're going there?'
81 went unexpectedly-with a friend
with whom"
Gambler Jevons."
ooh. that detective fellow!" laughed the
old physician. well" he added, at was
all very interesting, wasn't it,"
"Very-especially your own demonstra-
tions. I had no idea that you we're in cor
respondence with Dcboutin."
He laughed; then with a knowing look
said:
"Ah, my dear fellow, nowadays It doesn't
do to tell anyone OF your own researches.
The only way is to spring ii upon the pro
fession as a great triumph; just as Koch
did his cure for tuberculosis. One must
create an impression nowadays, il only
with a quack remedy. The day of the
steady plodder is past; It's all hustle, even
in medicine
"Well, you certainly did max an i'm
preston" l said smiling. Your expert
ments were a revelation to the profession.
They we're talking Of them at the hospital
only yesterday.
HIM. They thought me an old fogey-
Ell? But, you see, I've been keeping pace
with the times, Boyd. A man to succeed
nowadays must make a boom with some
thing, 1t matters not what. For years I've
been experimenting in secret, and some day
! will show them further results OF my re-
searchos-and they will come upon the
profession like a thunderclap, staggering
belief"
The old man chuckled to himself as he
thought OF his scientific triumph and how
one day he would give forth to the world
a truth hitherto unsupported.
We chatted for a long time, mostly upon
technicallties which cannot interest the
reader. until suddenly he Eaid:
I'm getting old, Boyd. These constant
attacks / have render me unfit to go "a
town and sit in judgment on that pack Of
silly women who rush to consult me when.
ever they have a headache or an errins
husband. l think that very soon / ought
to retire. I've done sufieient hard worl
all the years since l was a locum' down IN
oxfordshire. I'm nearly worn out"
Oh, no." l said. You mustn't retire
yet. II you did the profession would lose
one Of its most brilliant men"
Enough OF compliments he snapped
turning YEARLY on his pillow. I'm SICK
and tired OF it all. Better to retire while
have fame than to outlive 1t. When
give up you will step into my shoes Boyd
and il will be a good thing for you"
Such a suggestion was quite unexpected
/ had never dreamed that he contemplated
handing over his practice TO me- Certainly
II would be a good thing for me II ne did
II would give me a chance such as few meT
ever had. True, / was well known to hii
patients and had worked hard In his inter
ests. but that he intended TO hand the prae'