The Falls City tribune., 1910-05-27
"SAWBONES' BLUNDERED
ONE VERDICT OF NO HOPE
HAPPILY REVERSED.
An Interesting Case Brought Here
From Columbus Mothers
Faith Availeth Much.

About ten weeks ago there was
brought to this city from Columbus.
Neb., a ten-days old baby in charge
of a trained nurse, to become the
patient and charge of a physician of
Falls City.
This little chunk of sunshine was
ushered into the world with two
distinct deficiencies in the bony
formation of the skull-the skull ma
terial was lacking in one place to
the extent Of the size of an egg; and
in another place failed to bridge
over by an inch, or a space about the
size OF a walnut. and through these
apertures the brain fluid protruded,
showing III rounded protuberances
that TO the uninitiated spelled no
hope
The family physician at Columbus,
with that pomposity so peculiar to
some physicians who have grown
sleek and fat and sassy on the
credulity OF a worshipful clientele,
waved the case aside as hopeless
the infant could not live Beyond three
weeks, and in ease il did live, it
would be deficient mentally. etc, etc.
1t is well to litsen TO your family
physician respectfully. but it is I'M
wise to swallow all he says, the same
as you do his pills, because, if there
are a class Of men upon Gods green
footstool who reverse themselves of
tener. and show less confidence in
the sagacity of their professional
brethren than do the "SaWbones fam
ily," the fact is not apparent to the
world in general.
In this ease the verdict of the fam
lily physician was not accepted-a
change of venue was taken, and the
little follow was brought to Falls
City for treatment.
On Tuesday of this week, this same
infant, accompanied by the nurse
and Il very proud little mother re
turned to Columbus, and when the
family physician" ONE face to
face with chat little bunch of lowell
ness, that perfectly formed head,
with the skull bridged across where
formerly it did not exist, and looks
into that intelligent little face, he's
going to feel like unto a fool, wheth-
err he looks the part or not.
BE it said to the honor of the Falls
City physician. he claims only a
portion of the credit for curing so
hopeless a case. To Dame Nature
he doffs his hat as the great spec
ialist' who a~ecomplishes things when
the scientific lore of family physicians
so permits; to the nurse. who never
relaxed her vigilance and knew how
to make the little patient thrive and
a lusty, he gives a large portion
of credit, and for himself, just a fair
diyision-no more.
But to the unbiased mind, it looks
as if the precious knowledge in this
instance vas the reading of the case
aright-the diagnosis. One MANN
whom great confidence was reposed-
said. mo hope; you should feel very
thankful if it were to die" The
other said. hope, and hope on; |
believe your baby will recover" And
Hope won, and it is we'll; for while
to some physicians some one else's
baby is merely a %pulsating atom out
of the millions that come into the
world annually. to the mother it is
the one precious jewel of all the
jewels in the diadem, and is not to be
abandoned through the family physi-
clans c~arelessly rendered verdict of
mo hope" While there's life. there's
always hope-that is, if the attend
ing physician has not reached that
high plane where there's no further
knowledge TO be acquired.
knowledge to be acquired. X.