The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-05-04

came IN and gave US verbal order for
half dozen lcechcs, the patient to
call for them. No other instructions
followed. and it was assumed naturally
that the directions had been given the
patient, consequently when the pa
ticnt turned up the lccchcs were de-
lvcrcd 10 him without further com
iuent.
y good while after, when all remcm.
trance Of this rather common incident
had slipped our minds, our friend, thc
doctor, came in one day in burst Of
laughter and casually inquired if any
Of us remembered so.and, so getting
lccchcs? No, it was too common an
experience, and had been entirely for
gotten. Well, he said, he had just
come from the family, having again
called upon them in the professional
capacity. After attending to the i'm
mediate wants, he had naturally asked
how the lccchcs acted.
"'Nh, said the wife, you mean
them little fishes you sent. Doctor,
first we tried to make him take them,
but he vomitcd them up every time
we made him swallow them, SO l final
ly had to fry them. Oh, yes, he ate
them with quite relish, and did him
worlds of good
Another time this same medico,
who had fondness for liniment of
chloroform, camphor, etc., prescribed
it for patient, and as this one could
not see to read, it was explained to
him to use hot water to bathe the skin
with and afterwards use about table
spoonful Of liniment. Of course he
said, Yes, yes, yes" and nodded his
head in the affirmative all the while as
if he understood perfectly, and then
went awey. Later on in the month
he called upon the doctor and told
him he was very satisfied with the
medicine.
"lt was grand stuff" he declared.
Il did exactly as I was told. went
home. l boiled the water, I put ia
blespoonful of the medicine in tumb-
ler, and poured tho water on it, It
wasn't the kind of grog am used to,
but it did ithe work, doctor. 1t was
certainly great medicine.
Number four gives an interesting
account Of one of his first surgical
cases. He was suddenly called one
day to the justice court room to see
an attorney, the bridge of whose nose
wah Sroken. After giving whatever
att .4on was necessary to his patient,
he learned the cause of the fracture.
1t seems that he was employed to
prosecute q negro who was charged
with hog stealing. After proceeding
sufficiently far to prove the prisoner
guilty beyond doubt, the opposing
counsel became very abusive in open
court, 80 much so, that offensive
words flowed freely between the two
counsel. A fight wss the oonse-
quenoe. One member Of the bar
striking the other on the nose suffi-
cient to fracture it. When order was
restored the prisoner was nowhere to
be found.
1t afterwards developed that this
negro was to give his lawyer a fee Of
$40 to clear him and it was to be an
unconditional clearance. So before
hand the lawyer had trained his client
that if he found there was no chance
to clear him thai he would provoke
the opposing counsel into fight, and
that just as soon as the first blow was
stricken, he must get up and get, hide
out, and at night CROSS the river at q
certain point wnere the attorney on
che opposite bank would be waiting to
receive his fee. Everything worked
SO we'll that the lawyer got his fee by
10 o'clock that night. But the oppos-
ing counsel bore marks of the fisticuff
as long as he'lived.
Did you ever tell man he was
going to die and it killed him2 Well,
I did so once. 1t was this way: Down
in Alabama I had pneumonia pa
tient almost artioulo mortis. He seem
ed to realize his condition. Asked me
to be candid with him. That if his
condition was critical he wanted to
know. That his peace was made with
God. Was not afraid to die. But
wanted to arrange his earthly matters.
l was simple enough to tell him ne
was in dangerous condition and thst
the chances against him. Might
live day or two. I had scarcely got
ten the words out Of my mouth be.
fore the Door fellow suddenlv turned