Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1910-03-02
PALACES,
Some Old Fashioned Notions
That Still Obtain Credcnce.
THE CYCLE OF THREE IDEA.


BE ReseSsd-conssstive chills and
the Merging Of Diseeses-Lavv Points.
o Three physicians were standing in
a downtown drug store the other day
when one. who had been looking at
an evening paper. exclaimed: Great
Caesar. here it is again: | see it in
the papers at least twice n mouth"
What's thaty@ asked one OF the 9TH
ers.
Its that popular fallacy about
drowning man sinking for the third
time. Here It says. Just as he was
sinking for the third time he was saved
} 10y the timely arrival etc. The next
time I see this third time business it
probably viii read. He sark FOR the
third time before aid could he had and
/ was drowned.
why viii people get that fool idea
that sinking for the third time must
needs be fatal to n drowning man?
/ Why. bless you. saw a man sink
half dozen times before he was res
cued alive. An uncle OF mine, wit
/ neSses said. never sank but once. and
/ he was drowned. The number OF times
a man sinks has nothing to do with
his drowning. He may sink but once.
and he may so beneath the water any
number of times. IL all depends upon
the person who is drowning. his phys
/ ical condition aud how quickly the
lungs oil with water"
That cycle OF three" suggested an.
oener OF the doctors. lis carried along
/ BY those who insist that "A ycrson dies
IN his third suggestive chill. .'ui this
IS not true. The same rule huit.S GOOD
In congeSuve chillS as in The ease OF
The drowning man. \ person may die
In the frs, or he may have dozen
and still live. The rule II three does
not obtain there either
The first physician. with great dis
dain. then told how many iguorant
persons would swear that III We git
tn naiary an il runs into typhoid
fever an ii runs into uewmony it's
shore death"
| There's that same old rule OF three
again" he continued almost anrrilv.
First and foremost. one disease does
not run into another. There's no such
thing as collision between diseases.
as many believe. II one has malaria
he has that and that alone. The same
: thing is true OF typhoid fever and
/ pneumonia. Each one is separate
and distinct trouble. and n doctor with
any sense should be able TO diagnose
his malady from symptoms which are
always present in each and entirely
/ different"
From popular fallacies I'm regard TO
medicine the conversation driftcd TO
faliacies regarding the law. \ lawyer
present was called upon TO explain
first one thing and another. when one
OF the bystanders said:
i made n bet the other day that n
person had no right 10 touch n dead
body until the coroner arrived. and |
won"
Who decided the question for your"
asked the lawyer smilingly.
Well" said the man sheepishly. lit
was bartender. but he's an educated
fellow and is 4 good Judge of the law"
You speak of the law as II it were
something TO be judged like cattle at
a fat stock show" replied the attorney.
There is no law on any statute book
In any state In the United States which
|
the arrival OF the coroner.
In case of murder the old English
common law used TO require that the
body OF the murdered one be left just
as ii lay until viewed by one in author
ity.
That was done, IL can plainly be
seen, for the purpose OF preserving the
surroundings intact so that whatever
evidence might be there would not be
disturbed. In case OF n murder today,
especially II any mystery we're con
nected with Il. common sense would
teach a person to leave everything in.
tact. not alone for the coroner. but foI
the police officials as well. But should
the body OF a murdered man be moved
there is no law covering It unless II
could be proved that the person who
moved the body did It with the inten
ton 10 destroy evidence. In cases OF
; suicide OF death by accident therC
could be no objection 10 moving IN,
body anywhere in the city If done witt
humane or some other proper motive
''Il tell you what is the law" saiC
. a stoop shouldered. long armed mar
who had been listening long enough
10 get the gist OF the discussion. IF ;
fellow sees n murder through a pan'
OF glass he can't be a witness I'm III,
case"
"Oh, piffier' exclaimed the attorney
l I'm going to lunch. 'That's the limit
! / was waiting for some zap to sprini
that If that was the case and a nur
der should be committed IN this room
( half dozen OF us could not be com
petent witnesses. If your statement
true. because we are wearing glasses
Glass Is glass whether in 4 window o
on the nose. There is no such law n
that That's foolish"
81 heard my grandfather say that,
r insisted the long armed man. land h
know'd law too"
Yes" retorted the exasperated al
torney. "and lie no doubt gave st on
f as law that a man could stand with hl
back against his own house and III
any one who came within n certai
, distance OF him. But he would han
d for IL unless he had mighty good d'
. Tense. All OF those things are wha
we call chimney corner law but the
won't bold IN court."-Kansas Cit
, Journal