Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-08-23
WHEN THE GIANT WAS ILL.
Doctor Knew What Was the Matter,
hut Forgot Patient Was So Big.

Doctor Knew What Was the Matter,
hut Forgot Patient Was So Big.
"Gcnerally speaking" said the old
circus man, ''the great giant was as
well man as l ever knew, and he en-
joyed his good health e-pensely," says
the pittsburg Post.
"Hut, like the wellcst of we'll men,
he did occasionally have his off day
1t was curious fact, though that he
was never sick on the road; whether it
was the constant excitement or what
that kept him keyed up in shape
don't know but In all the years he
was with us there never was a day
when the great giant failed to show as
advertised. 1t was when we got off
the road, in our winter quarters, where
he had nothing to do, that lie would
have these occasional little turns.
"What l really set out to tell you
about was Il funny, queer sort Of
think that did happen once when the
giant really got sick, when we were in
winter quarters.
of course the minute we realized this
fact VIC hustled for a doctor on the
jump. And we had to get doctor
from town. Our own doctor, who trav-
eled with the show and lived with It.
happened just then to be away attend
ing to some personal matter.
I'VE got Of course, the star man
thc,c, AID he came and looked the
giant over, going at it like man that
knew just what he was about. and then
he wrote Il prescription for him which
we got filled by our swiftest rider, and
so we began doctorng the giant, with
that physician coming three times a
day TO look him over.
HE seemed wise man, sure
enough, who knew just what he was
doing. but the giant didn't improve; IL
fact, he got sicker, and then the old
man tclegraphed to the shows docto:
to come and look after the giant.
why said our own doctor as soon
as he arrived, 4 can't so in and push
the doctor that you've called right Off
the map. You might want him to call
again, any time, and it wouldn't do.
anyway. We must observe the propr!e-
ties. You must get him to call me in
consultation
"'rhe old man didn't fancy that much.
but he did it, and the town doctor
ca,icl our doctor in. | don't think the
town doctor fancied this very much
himself. hut he did. and in about a
minute our doctor gave him jolt
that must have made him change his
opinion of circus doctors.
hecorum and even with a touch Of def
erenco, our doctor did, to what the man
from town had prescribed. and then our
doc,"r asked to see the prescription.
and when he had scanned this:
"Doctor.' he said. gravely and po-
liteiy. and he could be very grave and
polite. doctor he said. your diagno-
sis of the case, If you will permit me
to say SO. does credit to our profession.
and tine remedies you have prescribed
are precisely luoSc lIliL l NIOUIu nave
prescribed myself, but think that you
have perhaps overlooked one feature
of the case, and that Is the patients
dimensions. The quantities called for
in your prescription are such as would
be administered to man OF normal
size, but this man il approximately
three times that size. l think If you
would multiply the quantities in your
prescription by three you would find
the patient readily responding to treat
mcnt.
II could see the great giants knees
wriggling under his blanl,et--hr enjoy
ed it all better than tn" town doctor
did; but the doctor prescribed on the
spot In accordance with the consulting
physicians s,lggessioll-the two doc
tors became friends. as Il matter of
fact, after that-and In three days the
giant was around again as well as