The funny side of physic : or, The mysteries of medicine, presenting the humorous and serious sides of medical practice An exposé of medical humbugs, quacks, and charlatans in all ages and all countries . hospital, when the apparition of a poor Irish-man, with the scantiest shirt I ever saw, jumped from a bed,and literallv throwing himself on his knees at the doctorsfeet, presented itself. We were startled for a moment, butthe poor fellow, with all his countrys eloquence, poured outsuch a torrent of praise, prayers, and blessings, and illus-trated it with such ludicrous pantomimic displays of
The funny side of physic : or, The mysteries of medicine, presenting the humorous and serious sides of medical practice An exposé of medical humbugs, quacks, and charlatans in all ages and all countries . hospital, when the apparition of a poor Irish-man, with the scantiest shirt I ever saw, jumped from a bed,and literallv throwing himself on his knees at the doctorsfeet, presented itself. We were startled for a moment, butthe poor fellow, with all his countrys eloquence, poured outsuch a torrent of praise, prayers, and blessings, and illus-trated it with such ludicrous pantomimic displays of his leg,all splintered and bandaged, that we were not long left indoubt. 202 A LEG STORY. Thats the leg, your hon-nor. Glory be to God. Yerhonnors the buy what saved it. May the heavens be yerbed. Long life to yer honnor. To the divil with the spal-peens that wanted to cut it off! etc. With some difficulty the patient was replaced in bed,and the doctor said, — I am glad your leg is doing well, but never kneel again,except to your Maker. The doctor took the opportunity of giving us a clinicallecture about diseases and their constitutional sentence Abernethy uttered, Pat DR. ABERNETHY IN THE HOSPITAL. Thrue for yer honnor; divil a lie at all, at all. Hishonnors the grathe doctor, entirely, etc. At the slightest allusion to his case, off went the bed-clothes, and up went the leg, as if taking aim at the ceiling. Thats it, be gorra ! and a betther leg than the villains thatwanted to slice it off, entirely. The students actually roared with laughter, but Aber- FOOT-BLOCKS. 203 nethv retained his usual gravity throughout the whole of theludicrous scene. Madam Rothschild, mother of the mighty capitalists, at-tained the great age of ninety-eight. Her wits, which wereof no common order, were preserved to the end. Duringher last illness, when surrounded by her family and somefriends, she turned to her physician, and said, in a supplianttone,— My dear doc
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