Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-09-15
TO GET RID OF TROUBLE.
Case Of Doctor Who Ordered q Diet
OF Oyster Shells For Hypochondriac.

VI OysleF SheliS FOR FypochondrlaC.
Comfortably located in easy chairs
in the little alcove room back Of the
professors cigar mart, five of the reg
Utar patrons were smoking their ia
vorite brand and enjoying sociable
chat. Three of these gentlemen were
physicians, and they talked shop
almost altogether
1t is always becoming on the part
OF members of our profession said
one of the doctors, ito be tolerant
and to patiently listen to a recital OF
the troubles of any one we are called
upon to attend, but | cannot help
thinking that in many cases where a
physician has been hard at work for
long number of hours, and then hap
pened to be summoned to Immediately
attend some one with only some trh-
ing ailment to worry him, and then
nave to listen to long tale of trou-
BILE apart from his patients illness, is
a good excuse for any one to become
rather irritable. And this reminds me
of little story apropos to what | am
referring to.
There was a certain DOCTOR" he
said, whose name | will not mention,
though possibly some of you have
heard of him. whose services were al
ways in great demand, and frequently
when he was in dire straits for little
rest he was summoned to attend a pa
tient who was not really in actual
need of medical attention.
"On one occasion when the doctor
had been fully 16 hours in attendance
upon a serious case and was about to
take a much-needed vacation of two
or three hours, he was called to visit
a lady whose family he had been at
tending for several years. He found
the lady lanquidly taking her ease in
a rocking chair in her sitting room
and showing no signs of illness what
ever. In fact, she contemplated attend
ing the theater that very evening, but
he was put to the torture of being
forced to listen TO prosy account OF
the lady's imaginative troubles, and
so tiresome and unim ~crtt-- h
details that the doctor became very
much irritated. At last he made his
escape ana was just about leayine
the house when he was called back,
and, like good doctor, he obeyed,
when the lady said: oh, doctor.
wanted to ask you if, when | return
from the theater, l might venture to
cat few oysters
Then the physician became really
angry. Yes. madam he said, and it
will crafty me very much if you will
also eat the shells along with them
THE trouble with that lady" said
the man who told the story, was that
she was a hypochondriac, and the
world is full of lust such unfortunate
peonle today''
Then a lawyer who was in the little
coterie had his inning. He told story
of well-known ex-Judge in one Of
the Southern States, who. when he
was practicing at the bar, could, by
pointing his long, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
finger at witness, make him forget
his name and age and everything else.
In enc case in the Court of the
county where l studied law" said the
counselor, the Judge had a witness
in hand in murder case, and was try
ing to convince the iurv that he had
in his evidence overstepped the truth.
and during his argument that long
finger was often and relentlessly shak-
en- at the witness.
"Amoag the jurymen there was one
tall. l&nk backwoodsmen named Bill
Long. Long was afflicted in some de-
gree with strabismus. He had most
decided squint. In the midst Of the
lawyers argument Long arose in his
seat and disturbed the equilibrium OF
the Court.
See here, you lawyer man. he said,
4 want you to stop abusing me.
won't stand ii any more; I'll break up
this Whole derned Court il you do: |
didn't come here to be abused
THE lawyer, with the greatest cour-
tesy assured the juror that his allu-
sions were intended ONLY for the wit
ness. and not intended to apply to any
of the jurors.
Well. then said Long, Just quit :
a pinting that long finger Of yours at
me when you are talking that way
I'm sure said the man who re-
called the party with the legal yarn.
that long index digit often plays
an active part in cases before the
Courts in all communities.
IT was then time for the professor
to c'ose up his shop for the night, or
there might have been more interest
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