The sun., 1916-10-22

others: for instance. the cann!bal fish
referred TO by Mr.. Roosevelt were
fully described by Charles Livingston
Bull. who found them and studied
their vicious habits In the Orinoco
several years before the Colonel's visit.
while the evil ways of the vampire
bats were infinitely detailed by Lieut..
Herndon Of the United States Navy
as early as 1851. The celebrated River
Duvida.' about which so much has
been written and said within the past
year or two. was probably n Of those
Wfanches OF the Amazon entered. per-
haps at It's mouth. by some OF Agas-
siz's party. That Nr. Roosevelt came
down such u stream Is undoubtedly "A
fact despite the scofers.'
DR.. Hamilton devotes "A chapter TO
his medical studies. Medical educa-
ton in the SOS was Of course far
more primitive than II Is at the pres
ent time. No preliminary education
was then required. and 1t was possible
In at least one college for a man in
haste to TAX the two needed courses
for graduation in II year., winter
and summer. OF the profession itself
he says:
"Why so many men take up the pro-
fession OF medicine is always a puzzle.
Undoubtedly n number are not fitted
by nature for this calling n have
only adopted II because il was sup
posed To be remunerative or because
the person happened to he the son of
a doctor. My experience Is that COM
paratively few men have really been
in love with their profession in the
heginning-and fewer are afterward
honestly enthusiastic. To-day the
most contented are the research work.
ers In directions that never permit
them to come into contact with com
inercialism: who follow ii to escape
the thousand and one buffetings Incl
dent to ingratitude and d~isloyalty OF
patients; to avoid the prevalence Of
~quackery. Christian Science. Oste-
opathy and "A hundred other forms Of
popular claptrap. each n OF which
lures the imp~ressionable client sooner
or later"
He entered the ONCE of DR.. Harvey
r. Sands in 1867. Sands was a low
able man. with precise little ways Of
manner and speech. lie was abso-
lutely full OF the knowledge OF his pro-
fession, and was the most delicate and
skilful operator ! have ever known.
He was also an accomplished pianist
and instinctively "A his fingers over
the keys wherever he found the in
strument. shall never forget that he
was called to perform a slight opera
ton upon n patient who was n men,
her OF a very serious family on Lex
ington venue.
when We reached the house Curtis
and / were sent up stairs to get the
patient ready and give him the anas-
thetic. while Sands remained below
The horror Of the friends who had
keyed themselves up unnecessarily to
the occasion was apparent when the
notes Of Chopin's 'TaTantclle' assembled
from below, and when after tickling
the few hairs on his otherwise bald
head with his crooked little finger, he
hummed to himself the few remaining
bars and proceeded to business"
Another Of his instructors was DR.
James w. McLane. who was full OF
anecdote. and was never tired Of telling
OF the rich and misery old man whose
only daughter had died after n pro.
tracted illness. The father. who had
from time to time not only complained
OF the expense incident Ia her illness
hut disputed the Doctors bill, de.
mandcd at the end that the flowers
that had been sent for several dayf
before her demise should be utilized al
the funeral to save expense. Dr. Ham
ilton adds this from his own expert,
lence:
II am reminded Of n CLOSE old MAJ
who consulted me many years ago
This Mr.. II. had n brother, and between
them they owned pretty much all tho
real estate in a neighboring city
When I told a friend of how my pa,
tient had come to my office in shabb,
old clothes and pleaded poverty. will
the result that / charged him only hal
my usual fee. he told me OF another
occasion when some one upbraided tn,
old man. saying. do you know, Mr.. G.
I think you are the meanest man
have ever metz nc replied. 'Perhap,
you think so, but have you ever me
my brother?'"
Here Is the portrait Of a fashionabl
physician Of those days:
: "Dr. Thomas was the product O
South Carolina, and came to New
= York. making an impression upon tn
feminine part Of the community. espe
cially by his redundant fioridness an
I manner. His emphasis and fecundit