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 . ring the statue fixedly, he continued, it looks neither likePallas nor Cupid, but rather favors H., and I guess it is acast he has had recently made of himself. Through all this comment and inspection the boy sat asmute as a post; but the moment the door closed on the retir-ing doctors, he clambered down and ran into the sick A HYPO PATIENT DISCHARGING HIS PHYSICIAN. The old doctor ha
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 . ring the statue fixedly, he continued, it looks neither likePallas nor Cupid, but rather favors H., and I guess it is acast he has had recently made of himself. Through all this comment and inspection the boy sat asmute as a post; but the moment the door closed on the retir-ing doctors, he clambered down and ran into the sick A HYPO PATIENT DISCHARGING HIS PHYSICIAN. The old doctor had slipped the customary fee into thehands of his brethren as he bade them good night, and en-tered the room of his patient. The latter instantly inquiredas to the result of the consultation. The doctor entered intoan elaborate account of the diagnosis and prognosis of the case, which was suddenly brought to a close by thelittle boy, who, climbing into a chair on the opposite side ofthe bed, asked his father what a hypo was. A DOCTOR DISCHARGED. 179 You must ask the doctor, my son, replied the father ina feeble voice. Hypo, said the unsuspecting doctor, is an imaginarydisease,—the hypochondria, vapors, spleen; ha, ha, ha! Well, papa, thats what the doctors said youve got, causeI was on top of the book-case an heard all they said, anthats all. The doctor looked blank. H. arose in his bed, tremblingWith rage. By the heavens above us, I do believe you, my son ; andthis fellow, this quack, has never had the manliness to tell meso
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