. The funny side of physic : or, The mysteries of medicine, presenting the humorous and serious sides of medical practice. An exposeÌ of medical humbugs, quacks, and charlatans in all ages and all countries. nstant, and theninverted it spasmodically, allowing the money to drop intothe gutter, much to the amusement of a gentleman and atooth-pick on the steps of the Revere House, and verymuch more to the amusement of another party, who chancedto know that the supposed mendicant and the man of lettershad been on terms of personal intimacy these twenty years. A Curb-stone Money-maniac. A man may p
. The funny side of physic : or, The mysteries of medicine, presenting the humorous and serious sides of medical practice. An exposeÌ of medical humbugs, quacks, and charlatans in all ages and all countries. nstant, and theninverted it spasmodically, allowing the money to drop intothe gutter, much to the amusement of a gentleman and atooth-pick on the steps of the Revere House, and verymuch more to the amusement of another party, who chancedto know that the supposed mendicant and the man of lettershad been on terms of personal intimacy these twenty years. A Curb-stone Money-maniac. A man may possess large acquisitiveness and benevolenceat the same time, like Sir Astley Cooper, and succeed bothpecuniarily and professionally. Such are, however, scarce. THE MONEY-MANIAC. 433 Those with an excess of the grasping principle in their com-position illustrate the truth that where the treasure isthe heart will be also. Asleep or awake, drunk or sober,^ such men never lose sight of the almighty dollar. The an-nexed story, though irreverent to the doctors, is not irrel-evant to the case : â During the late panic, a fellow, whose prominent fea-ture was in his Jewish nose, which presented the sign of. CAPTURE OF A WALL STREET BULL. acquisitiveness by the bridge widening on to the cheeksabove the alee,âall men noted for accumulating have thissign, hung out by nature as a warning to the unwary, â wasmaking a great noise, as he clung to a friendly lump-post,to which he was arguing the state of the money market. Come, sir, you are making too much noise, said apoliceman. * Me ? No, taint me thats â hie â making the noise ; its 434 AN EYE OPENER. the bulls â the bulls, sir; thems whats making all thenoise, replied the fellow, skewing first one side of the post,then the other, trying to get a view of his new intruder. You are tight, sir â tight as a peep, continued Me tight? No, sir; its the money-market whats âti â tight, replied the gentlemanly dressed individu
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