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 . 7is, thank ye, sir, was the prompt reply; an lim-mun, sir, if ye plaze ; long life to yeze. The man then proceeded to draw a glass, strongly flavoredwith lemon, with a dose of oil cast upon its troubled waters. Drink it at one swallow, said he, presenting it to thesmiling Bridget. This she did, again thanking the gentle-manly clerk. What are you waiting for? he inquired, seeing that shestill
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 . 7is, thank ye, sir, was the prompt reply; an lim-mun, sir, if ye plaze ; long life to yeze. The man then proceeded to draw a glass, strongly flavoredwith lemon, with a dose of oil cast upon its troubled waters. Drink it at one swallow, said he, presenting it to thesmiling Bridget. This she did, again thanking the gentle-manly clerk. What are you waiting for? he inquired, seeing that shestill lingered. Im waitin for the caster ile, sir, said the girl. O ! Why you have just taken it, replied the soda-drugman. Ochl Murther! It was for a sick man I wanted it, annot meself at all. THE ANCIENT AND MODERN APOTHECARY. 71 While there have been great changes in the drug tradeduring the last fifty year?, necessary to the increasing de-mand for drugs, the establishment of wholesale houses and. THE WRONG PATIENT. some specialties, and in cities, the substitution of cigars,soda water, patent medicines, etc., for groceries and provis-ions, the dispensing apothecary is nearer to what he washundreds of years ago, as we asserted at the commencement ofthis chapter, than any other professional we know of. Theparaphernalia of the shop is nearly the same. There is noimprovement in pot, in jar, in tables, in spatula; the old, un-gainly mortar is not substituted by a mill; the signs ofounces and drachms remain the same, though so near alikethat they are easil}* and often mistaken one for the other,and the prescription before the dispenser is prefixed by arelic of the astrological symbol of Jupiter,—the god ofmedicine to the ancient Greeks and Egyptians,— as a spe-cies of superstitious invocation. In our largest cities even,in the shop windows, the mammoth flashing blue bottles, arelic of empiric charlatanry, still brighten our street cor-ners, and frighten our horses at night, as i
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