The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-02-07

/ until they were GIti1SI ~
| his aid especially if they did not hav"
arv money: if they were rich. he Siid.
,iev could get some body else TO at
tend them.
Here Is another instance OF i'd
reeuurcefulness, which shows INA ne
,sed his natural surgical skii ana
Judgment even where ne mao no pre-
cedent to guide him. About TWO years
e (Dec. 2sth, 1909 the present
writer saw at the "ash-'uo ah oiu.
h,1t hale and hearty colored woman
MO had been operated on by DoIi2s
Dudd twentv-eight years before. There
was a scar in tie right lilac reS'oi-
She stated that she had been very s4ck
for several days; that Doctor budi
came. opened her right side. without
giving an aneSthetIc, and i
large quantity Of pus' ~
Gid not see her again Tor three weeks.
during which ti1ne she was under the
care Of another doctor. This vas
undoubtedly an ~&ppendiceai abscess
and the treatment Uae just eAac'1y
that of today. AZ that time 1881,
the disease had not even received rs
name and Doctor Bucd did not kho"
hat he was doinS-buth he dld IL.
He was a sociable man, a boon C m
,anion, joviaI and interesting in con-
~versation. He was an omnlVoroas
reader and had literary taste. He was
| q loyal m of :he State Med''ai
| Society, and a regular end On
its meetings, where he loved to MT
MS friends. SO ktenly did he r9lsh
a joke that he ever; enjoyed those at
| his own expense and occasionally tod
them on himself. One of the best Of
these was an .nc;5ent illustrating Il
mistaken diagnosis. The story gas,
almost in his own words: l vas
driving along the road late one sum
n4er afternoon, half asleep, with the
reins between my In, es, when a young
fellow hailed M. Doc he said (
wish YOU would lance this risin' on my
leg for me- Without examining j.. I
took out my hu.rb lancet told him
t, put his foot upon the buggy wheel
and stuck the ale .eep into a large
swelling in his popli.eal space. l glvo
yen my word the blood spurted fur
teet hish. Realizing that l had oDcl-
ed the sac Of an aneurism, I told HIN
to erat it tight, and quickly .ore up
ny linen lap robe and made a Spanish
Windlass- Applying this above the
knee, l controlled the bleeding. I took
him home, and that night 1 tied his
femoral artery and, do you know that
d-n fool got well!"
Though brusque in demeanor, Doc.
tor Budd possessed a kindly nature
and 3 sympathy that was easily arous-
ed. Men Of his type are nearly al
ways emotional, tut dread an exhibt-
ton Of what they would deem a weak
ness. Such was Budd's disposition Join-
ed to an innate modesty and a fine
quality of Justice. Good Sa~maritanism
was an every day affair with him.
Many times has he returned home
during the cold winter in his shirt
sleeves and being asked about his Goa.
he would say that he had Civ N it to
one who needed it more than ne dill.
The following instance is taken from
a short memorial Of Doctor Budd by
Doctor P. E. Hines:
Il am Informed that on one occs-
sion he was called to see one of a
large and very poor family, all living
IN one ROOM; he found more than che
patient with typhoid fever. He had
the house and whole premises thor
Oughly ~cleanSed; another room added
TO the house, Acknowledgement. and
oousht beds and bed clothes, clothes
and food for the whole family. as thew
all had the fever. He remained with
mem, night and day, for several weeks
attending upon and nursing theta. He
had the pleasure Of seeing the last
patient convalescent and soon saw ali
o1 the family we'll. Years afterwards
one of these boys, having grown IN
gone out into the world and made
money, and never forgetting the Doc
tors and devotion to himself
and all Of his family, offered to return
10 him all the money which he had
spent for the family, and also 70 pay
hlm Ter his attendance upon them. Ha
declined to receive a cent"
Possessing such a temperament
Budd naturally did much gra tuito,.
practice, and never laid by even a
competency. He seemed to 1as;ra
money only for the purpose Of dis.
charging his own obligations. On one
occasion he attended a nigga.,.y pa-
tent through a lone attack Of serious
Illness. at the end of which the &c..
sent-a bill for forty dollars. when
n afterwards met the patien. aid
Doctor, what do / owe you forty dol.
lars for?' The doctors instant ranl,