West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-03-17

s>ff'~N hHS maui - hS taA0( t0kuC
notes in his book. 'My object
was to perturb You, and ii has been
accomplished. You arc asshipg
red and white by turns; your chin
is trembling; their is glare in Jour
eyes; your cars are working back
and forth. In the interests Of medi-
cal science allow me to ask you to
describe your sensations mentally.
Do you feel normal or abncrmalr
Do you seem to see black dots
dancing before your eyes1 Are you
perfectly cngnizant OF what is going
on around you, or is your brain in
a whirl and your mental faculties
benumbedr"
"Must l tell you to get out of
doors3" shouted Mr.. Bowshr, as he
pointed in the directions of the
front door and grew still more ex-
cited.
''Please be calm and quiet Mr..
Bowser. You kindly granted me
this interview, and Ihope you won't
abridge il. meant nothing per-.
sonal in my remarks, and If you can
assist medical science it is your
duty toward your fellow-man.
Please sit down while AK another
question.
"In learning TO ride bike you
at lost get your balance and started
off to astonish Mrs. Bowser There
was an apple tree loafing around
the back yard, and you all at once
started in to uprootit. Let me ask,
first, as physiological fact, IL you
really believed you could accom-
plish the feat, or whether il was the |
result of sudden mental exhilration1 |
Secondly, what were your sensa-
tions as you lay on your back on
the earth after taking header,
with your back telescoped and
made three inches1 We're you con-
scious of your surroundings of the
presence of Mrs. Bowser and the
cook--of the words uttered by
three small boys perched on the
fence, or did you sink away into
state of delightful Inconsistencies
and imagine you were out on
excursion 2"
This was too much for Mr.. Bow
ser. He simply stood still and
gasped for breath and failed to get
out word.
The caller looked a: him and
smiled softly and encouragingly,
and after a minute went on.
eff you cannot answer that ques-
ton let us try another, as we have
still several hours before us. Upon
a certain occasion the doctor or
dered you to take boxing lessons in
order to strengthen your spinal
column. Your backbone had got
warped over a starboard, and the
idea was to plumb it up and down
again. You got heavy weight TO
put on the gloves with you and af-
ter making few hourishes to show
oft, you swung with your right to
knock his blamed head off. You
wanted to make a record. Unfor-
tunately for you, he was man who
COULDN'T appreciate a joke and he
blocked your blow and landed on
your chin in return.
"Let me ask what your sensations
were when you went down and jar
red the house from roof to celler7
1t is on record that you slept
quarter of an hour. What dreams
came to you, If any1 1t has been
asserted that under such circum.
stances one dreams of pastoral
scenes, green meadows, sloping
h ills, shady deIls and running
brooks. Was it so in your case 2"
And about your spinal columns
it still out of plumb or did that
pinch-7"
"stop, sirl" roared Mr.. Bowser
at last.
"What is it now 2"
iii take no more of your insults,
sir. You can't get out Of this house
too soon to please me. The idea,
sir--the idea"
"Do you mean that this inter-
view IS ended9
Certainly. Get out at once,
while I can restrain myself"
''Il you put il that way, Of course
I'll have to 60" replied the caller,
as he rose up, but hope to CLEAN
some valuable information FIRST. |
have got little, and / will make It
go as far as possible, but II you
we're only amensble to reason We
could give medical science a great
boost--a tremendous lift, sir. I |
will now take my leave and hope to
see you again on this subject at an |