The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-16

scrption reflled,' and he give me q
piece of paper and told me where to
go, and now I've. got two boxes! NV
niece, r. Mintah, is mighty poorly, and
she Is wearing one, and ! don't never
mean to be without mine did not
lundeceive my Supplemented friend
lonly wished that all doctors prescrip-
ltions were as easy to take and SO
| worked to a charm B
4 DR.. NclIntOn.
4 When the famous DIR. Eellaton, OF
| Paris died there was great outcry
s was se the a msdfs e atY fe s p
from the most selfish OF reasons. We
have no great physicians now some
one said to his colleague. 20! yes
You are quite IS ths vho e nave or ths
replied Monsieur Nellnton's colleague.
why. who? Where? What are their.
names?" asked the invalid eagerly
ar Na rsh is wa e srea aoaIo4
one. the patient one. Her shifts and
makeshtfts, her methods. practice,
der Of ali other physicians and al
ways have been, since curing began
or there were wounds to be healed.
Dr.. Abcrnnthy.
could not stand the talkative patient,
who told him all about his own bust
ness at all When one :, of then came anss
at her sternly. Then he said. PUT out
Now keep It there till have done"
cred his brief dictum. prescribed and
signaled to his man to open the door
and take his guinea. a guinea is the
usual fee in London. Some OF the big
ION and a guinea a mile out of London.
PRACTITIONERS of the first-class are
never called doctor in England but
Mr." and 1t offends them to do So
with Beginners. vets" and men o.
low or no reputation for some mystic
| rious reason that no American can at
all understand. 1t was DR.. Abernathy
medical student. who said aid to to- him M
write a book together. Struck by his
cheerful impudence, Dr.. Aoe !,
gruftiy: IF we put in it all l have
| known of my profession and all you
don't know. it would be a remarkably
volume, that is certain. he naa oniy
Gated And being reused on one o. o.
| these occasions to come - man with
a very dangerous fit of indigestion. , ne
one eye q aa trned
and paid no further attention to ~, MS
unwelcome visitors. The man died. cd
pr. Alternately made the &c autopsy oEsista ana
sHTnis a saia h. to why MS didn
mind me? Ball in his stomach. that
that salt would have dissolved"
Thinking him drunk, they had paid no
attention to his prescription.
Chinese Practice.
There is certainly something. DEFINITE
about the practice OF medicine IN
China. They have neat way OF CUT
Il {p, bof n,,,ifh pInDOW1er
| ing It off with match, for one thlng.
They make the most awful miXtures
of cows dung. goats milk. LIZARDS. hsh
e eaeoe,is re to a match anu am perfectly
sure aureo that that a is Why their physician.
are only paid for the time that patients
keep we'll. The Chinese: even, mus.
plasters Of mud. lime, tea leaves, ashes.
No foreigner ever dreams Of consult
ing Chinese doctor in China. Bpt
there are freaks in the way OF Arneri-
cans who go to. Chinese. physician
there "just for the fun Of the thing
When Burton was travelling in the
East, he was one day IN camp when
an Arab fell III. SO he got out a
prepared mustard plaster Of uncommon
power and virulence and clapped 1t on
the sick man, who later got we'll. Five
years afterwards a friend OF his tray
eled over the same route. ana found
that Sir Richard had made great
reputation as foreign wizard with
simply incalculable powers, and all
because he had put on dying man
plaster that was cold to the aY touch touch
out the tooth Of donkey-driver with
his boot hook, and talked OF new
one that would grind like milestone,
Englishmen have made cookies palis,
other, for they never travel without
them any more than without an UNI.
brella.
There is one house In this country
that personally know of-most likely
there are dozens OF similar ones all
over the land, where for month be-
the d91r oe rins
after ring. The family call 1t THE
G. P.s;" the grateful patients. and
never was there anything to more than
well bred, clever, charming Southern
doctor gets sent to him every year OF
his life. Lamps. desks, rugs pictures
Handsome ones, tool, rings, Watches
couches, statuary, portfolios. writing
glass simply pour in my cake hasn't
come yet. I hope the dear old woman
and is relieved when fruit cake as
| big as the top Of barrel arrives from
California, and then he says, I nope
| I'll get my barrel Of OYSTERS, and, 10!
big one arrives from MdrS1du
thanked with Wild turkeys and ducks
They have been coming regularly for
Fifteen and twenty years. AS to cigars
and wines and WHISTLES. in that house
! they are as plentiful as in Partisan
boarding house. which has an empty
Cognac bottle in every empty crevice
and crack as we'll as under the caves.
or Cuban factory. The doctor does
not drink but he is as generous as
Ceres and as hospitable as his fore