. Recollections of a Rebel surgeon, and other sketches : or, in the doctor's sappy days . ^Meridian 235 A Chapter for Doctors 247 In the Land of the Blue Dog 260 Jimmy was All Right 274 Circumstances Alter Cases 276 Uncle Hardy Mullins 281 The Little Hu-gag 285 The Doctor Sees a Lady Home 291 Fine Points in Diagnosis 297 One on Thompson 300 Halcyon Days 3^2 Seeks Comfort in the Bible 310 ILLUSTRATIONS Our Genial Friend Frontispiece Doctor, is that a Porgie or a Trout? 4 Did You Ever Look Through the Butt-end of a Telescope ? 12 Every Feller Had a Sweetheart. 17 Heigh-ho, I Wish I Had Some Butt
. Recollections of a Rebel surgeon, and other sketches : or, in the doctor's sappy days . ^Meridian 235 A Chapter for Doctors 247 In the Land of the Blue Dog 260 Jimmy was All Right 274 Circumstances Alter Cases 276 Uncle Hardy Mullins 281 The Little Hu-gag 285 The Doctor Sees a Lady Home 291 Fine Points in Diagnosis 297 One on Thompson 300 Halcyon Days 3^2 Seeks Comfort in the Bible 310 ILLUSTRATIONS Our Genial Friend Frontispiece Doctor, is that a Porgie or a Trout? 4 Did You Ever Look Through the Butt-end of a Telescope ? 12 Every Feller Had a Sweetheart. 17 Heigh-ho, I Wish I Had Some Buttermilk 23 Lit Out After George and Me 28 How Did That Big Dog Go? 32 Fighting Those Bumblebees 36 Yerger Was Mad Anyhow 42 You Bet We Ran 49 How Are You Dickey? 61 Doctor, Can I Help You? 85 A Fatal Assault loi We Fairly Flew. 109 Recognized the Major 114 Wha—Whats This? 124 Making the Atmosphere Purple 130 Cleared the Fence 137 The Worst You Ever Seed 152 What Command Do You Belong To? 156 Why—He W^as Weak and Weary 161 Hauled Off and Struck Me 166 A Standing Dare to Kiss Her 170. OUR GENIAL FRIEND. INTRODUCTORY. The Old Doctor—the narrator of these remin-iscences—is well known to the readers of TheTexas Medical Journal. He is the JournaVsFat Philosopher, Our Genial Friend, TheJolly Old Doctor, etc., as he is variously called,through whom the editor has for some yearsgotten off good jokes, especially on himself;and who, now and then, has been in the habit ofdropping in in the JoiirnaVs sanctum and regal-ing ye tired editor and employes with his humor-ous view of things. It is an interesting and somewhat remark-able fact that most Southern men, especially ofthe older generation, however well educated,and who write and speak the English language RECOLLECTIONS OF A REBEL SURGEON. correctly, nevertheless, in their familiar socialintercourse make use of expressions which theyknow to be grammatically incorrect. I attributeit largely, if not altogether, to early associationsw
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