The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-08-13
THE HEALTH MASTER
Continued from Page 81

lnstdICt, you We Ttttntiy Dttu wv th'
tropics: your eyesight is better than
your hearing, you drink lightly IL al
all, and don't use tobacco in any
form: you've taken up athletics
handball principally - in recent
years, as the result Of bad scare
you got from a threatened paralytic
attack; and your only serious illness
since then has been typhoid fever"
Mr.. Clyde laughed outright. III
you had started our acquaintance
that way" he said, "rd have thought
you a fortune-teller. Part Of II I
can follow. You noticed that | kept
my left ear turned, Of course; and
the fact that my nose shows no eye
glass marks would vouch for my
eyesight. Did you Judge me nom
smoker because forgot 10 offer you
cigar-which deficiency I'll glad
~ make up now, if II isn't too late"
Partly that-no, thank you. I'm
not allowed 10 smoke-but princi-
pally because ! noticed you disliked
the odor Of my hot milk. II is Of
fensive. but so faint that no man
without a very keen sense of smell
would perceive il across table; no
tobacco-user preserves his sense OF
smell TO any such degree Of dellca-
cy. As for the drink, judged that
from your eyes and general fitness"
"And the handball, Of course, from
my cushioned palms"
obviously. A man al the heart
Of great business doesn't take up
violent indoor exercise without
some special reason. Such reason
I saw on the middle finger OF your
left hand"
Holding up the telltale member.
Mr.. Clyde disclosed a small dark
area at the side Of the first joint
'Leaky fountain-pen," he remal k
ed.
AS YOU are right-handed natural
~. but write with your left hand,
it's clear that you've had an attacS
Of writer's paralysis"
Five years ago. put in Mr.. Clyde.
And that your doctor made good
use for the salutary scare it gave
you, to get you TO take up regular
exercise"
And, incidentally, to cut out my
moderate. occasional cocktail Now,
as to the tropics and the typhoidg
The latter is a guess; the former
a certainty. Under your somewhat
sparse long hair in front there is an
outcropping Of very fine hairs.
Some special cause exists for that
new growth. The most likely
cause, at your age, is typhoid. As
you've kept in good training, il is
MT likely that you'd have had any
other serious ailment recently. On
that | took a chance. The small
sears at the back Of your ears
could be nothing but the marks OF
that little pest Of the tropics, the
bette rouge. I've had him dug out
of my skin and ] know something
Of him.
Right on every count" declared
Mr.. Clyde. you've given me Gu
mulative proof Of your value to me,
I'll tell you. Forget formalities.
Let me phone for a cab: we'll go to
your hotel, get your things, and
you come back with me for the
night. In the morning you can look
the ground over, and decide, with
the human documents before you,
whether you'll undertake the cam
paign."
The younger man smiled a very
pleasant and winning smile. "You
go fast said he. And as in all
fast motion, you create a current
in your direction. Certainly, il
I'm to consider your remarkable
plan I'd best see the whole family.
But there's one probable and per-
haps insurmountable obstacle. Who
is your physician?"
Haven't such. a thing in the
house, at present" said Mr.. Clyde
lightly. Then, in graver tone,
Our old family physician died six
months ago. He knew us all inside
and out as a man knows a familiar
book"
"A difficult loss to replace.
knowledge Of your patient is half
the battle in medicine. You've
had no one since9"
"Yes. Six weeks ago, my third
boy, Charley, showed signs OF fever
and we called a distant cousin of
mine who has a large practice. He
felt quite sure from the first that
it was diphtheria; but he so man
aged matters that we had no trouble
with the officials. In fact, he didn't