History of Union and Middlesex Counties, New Jersey with Biographical Sketches of many of their Prominent Men . COKRA EUGENE JOBS. THE MEDICAL PROFESSION. 125 treatment. The doctor was summoned. The patientsaverred that they had eaten nothing, but the admin-istration of an emetic soon caused a disgorgement ofthe melons and a discovery of tlieir triclcs. The practice of denying water topatients in fevers,so common in the early days, was almost a maniawith Dr. Elmer, who was unrelenting in his prohibi-tions. In one case of fever the sufferer begged thedoctpr for water. Tut, tut, tut; no
History of Union and Middlesex Counties, New Jersey with Biographical Sketches of many of their Prominent Men . COKRA EUGENE JOBS. THE MEDICAL PROFESSION. 125 treatment. The doctor was summoned. The patientsaverred that they had eaten nothing, but the admin-istration of an emetic soon caused a disgorgement ofthe melons and a discovery of tlieir triclcs. The practice of denying water topatients in fevers,so common in the early days, was almost a maniawith Dr. Elmer, who was unrelenting in his prohibi-tions. In one case of fever the sufferer begged thedoctpr for water. Tut, tut, tut; no, no, no; not onedrop shall you have, sir; if you touch it, it will be atthe peril of your life, sir! But the patient managedto creep on his hands and knees to a pail of cool,fresh water, drank all he could swallow, returned tohis bed, perspired freely, convalesced, and then toldthe doctor what had cured him. In his later years heabandoned the frequent use of phlebotomy. By act of Congress passed in 1828 the doctor re-ceived a pension for the rest of his life. He died onthe 31st of May, 1835, in the seventy-eighth year o
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