The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-06-08
Candied Fruits
By ARTHUR BINGHAM
Copyright, 1910. by American Press
Association.

When / started % practice medicine
there was one adInonition laid down
by the gentleman who delivered the
final address to our class when we
were graduated that had greatly im.
pressed me 1t was this.
Remember that mind has a great
effect over natter Therefore try to
detract 50 FAR as possible from the
terror your patients naturally have
for you as practitioners Above all
things, preserve a cheerful exterior
The more hopeless a case appears to
you the more hopeful appear 70 be,
for by giving way 70 your antlcipa.
tons you lessen the patients chances
for recovery, and you may be wrong
n your prognosls. 10 not force pa
tlents 10 take your remedies II Il can
possibly be avoided Rather persuade
them or banter them Remedies taken
against patients viii are apt not 70
act as remedies. Better prescription
IL something to divert the attention
from the disease than Ok II Oh that
disease by unwelcome doses"
It seemed 70 me that there was
lot Of common sense IN this advice.
and / cut It out Of the printed adj
dress and pasted # within my writing
desk in order that whenever ] opened
the desk / saw the injunction staring
me III the face 30 that il was inpos
sible for HE to forget IT, truly be
Iieve would have built up a large
practice by observing Il had not that
very observation Of il on one occasion
led to ray leaving the profession.
| had been practicing but q short
time when, returning to my Office one
day. / found note from stranger
stating that member of his family
needed treatment but was much
averse to receiving visit from a ply
stefan or taking remedies. He suggest
ed that ! call without the patients
knowing that was a physician and
studying the case without asking for
symptoms after the stereotyped med
zeal fashion
This, owing 70 the rule / had laid
down, was very easy for me- 1 went
10 the house rang the bell and was
admitted TO the drawing room, where
! was received by q very thin woman
who did not appear 70 know my er-
rand, SO | fold her Of the note that
had been left at my Office. She seemed
to be slow ID understanding meat
any rate, for some reason, did not re-
apond very freely. making vague re-
marks such as Just SO, "a doetorf
aI'll see, indicating that she had not
been admitted 20 the confidence Of the
person who had asked me to cali,
The lady went out 0f the room and,
presently returning, asked me 20 walk
upstairs ] did S. and was ushered
into a boud0ir where sat girl who
but for slight paleness did not ap-
pear ia bad health She was not even
in dishabllle; but the older woman
havlng left me with her. 1t WIS eYi-
dent that she was the patient 1 went
Id armed with my rheeriest smile, took
the girls hand Is matter of ciYllity,
thereby getting her pulsed beat
tribe quicker than normai-sat down
b. her said something 20 make her
laugh and saw that her tongue was
slightly coated Ia this fashion ! rat
tied on. telling her stories and interest
ing her until 1 nad secured her conf
dence and a predisposition n my favor
Then ! said aDruntly
But you're not looking very well
today"
Then she told me that her back was
troubling her and she slept badly and
mentioned symptoms that indicated @
me d condition very common and for
which there were number Of simple
remedies. When / went away I told /
her that / would send her q box Of
eandled fruit, few Of which
thought she would like every day
Then I left her to have some medicine /
I intended for her divided between /
halt d dozen real eandied fruits and /
sent them To her with my compliments /
/ called again soon and asked the
lady who had received nae how she
had managed to impose upon the /
young lady that / was not a doctor;
that it was important that should /