Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1920-01-09

as rule, with the sacrifice of severa
weeks in bed and the loss of his appendix,
when perhaps his pain was due to lob
ster salad of the night before. Pain in the
stomach nowadays is always appended
tbs, and is recognized by the doctors wife
over the telephone.
Anatomy may be likened to harvest
field. First come the reapers, who enter
ing upon untrodden ground, cut down
great store of corn from all sides of them.
These are the early anatomists of modern
Europe. Then come the cleaners, who
gather up enough from the bare ridges to
make few loaves of bread. Such were
the anatomists of the last century. Last
of all come the geese, who still continue to
pick up few grains scattered here and
there among the stubble and waddle home
in the evening, poor things, cackling with
joy because of their success. Gentleman.
we are the geese.
in public the trained nurse" who he
said always ranked with the physician,
has become one of the great blessings of
humanity. taking her place beside the
physician and the priest. and not inferior
to either in her mission.
PROFESSIONAL lMpERTURBABILITY.
IN the physician or surgeon no quality
takes rank with imperturbability. 1t is
the quality which is appreciated by the
laity, but often misunderstood by them,
and the physician who has the misfortune
and worry, and who shows that he is fius-
trated in ordinary emergencies, loses rap
idly the confidence of his patients. Guilt
vate then, such judicious measures of OBJ
tuseness as will enable you to meet the
exieencies of practice with firmness and
courage. without at the same time harden
ing the heart by which we live"
"Pneumonia" disease that carried
off DR.. Osler-"is the captain of the men
of DEATH It is the old mans friend. 1t
enables him to escape the cold graduations
Of decay. 1t is painless release from the
troubles Of life. This patient had l0-cent
piece in his mouth several times to pay
his ferrage. One foot was in Charons
boat half the time. Saline infusions saved
him. What disappointment it must have
been to the old Waterman The only re-
eret we can have is that he will have to
undergo it again."
ANENT CLERGYMEN.
better educated than any other, yet they
are notorious supporters Of all the nos
trums and humbuggery with which the
daily and religious papers abound"
THE common sense fibres seldom be-
come modulated before the age of 40
The earliest they are seen microscopicalIy
is at the age Of 90"
Choose freckled girl for a wife they
are invariably more amiabe."
"Punctuality is the only necessary vir-
tue have this and all others will be
added
John as known to himself and John as
known to his Maker are totally different
from John as known to us"
las much pity should be given to a
woman's tears as to goose going bare
foot"
"Tubercle bacili ride into the Hungs on
black chargers-coal smoke and dust"
"Jaundice is the disease your friends
diagnose for you"
There are incurable cases in medicine.
incorriglble vices in divinity and indissolu
BILE cases in law
Here is a small boy who will not talk
to any one. He will make a wise man
Do not encouree him to talk"
1T cannot be denied that in dealing
with the public little touch Of humbug
is immensely effective. but it is not neces
sary."
There are two sorts of physicians -
those who practice with their brains and
those who practice with their mouths.
Throw away all ambition beyond that
of doing the days work we'll T.