. 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. uddenlyup. The doctors horse, as anticipated, came to a dead halt,when the burly body of old Standish rolled into the muddyhighway, going clean over the horses ! grunted the doctor. Good morning, said the curate, good-humoredly. The doctor pieked himself out of the mire, and, with avolley of expletives too numerous to mention, clamberedon to his beast, and trotted on, dash, dash,
. 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. uddenlyup. The doctors horse, as anticipated, came to a dead halt,when the burly body of old Standish rolled into the muddyhighway, going clean over the horses ! grunted the doctor. Good morning, said the curate, good-humoredly. The doctor pieked himself out of the mire, and, with avolley of expletives too numerous to mention, clamberedon to his beast, and trotted on, dash, dash, dash! as thoughnothing had happened. The dress of the modernphysician is a plain black suit,throughout, with immaculatelinen, and possibly a whitecravat. Occasionally one will cropout in some oddity of dress,but usually as a medium foradvertising his business. Withthe better portion of the com-munity, such monstrosities donot pass as indications of intel-ligence in the exhibitor. This engraving representsDr. Candee, a western ma<r-netic doctor. He was for-merly from the nutmegstate, and is a fair specimen of the travelling doctors who secure custom from their oddi-ties and eccentricities of DR. CANDEE. XXVII. MEDICAL FACTS AND STATISTICS. HOW MANY. — WHO THET ARE. — HOW THET DIE. — HOW MUCH RUM THET CON-SUME. HOW THET LIVE. OLD AGE. WHY WE DIE. GET MARRIED. OLD PEOPLES WEDDING. A GOOD ONE. THE ORIGIN OF THE HONEY-MOON. A SWEET OBLIVION. HOLD YOUR TONGUE ! — MANY MEN, MANY MINDS. ALLOPATHY. — LOTS OF DOCTORS. — THE ITCH MITE. — A HORSE CAR RIDE. KEEP COOL ! KNICKKNACKS. — HUMBLE PIE. IN-CREASE OF INSANITY. — A COOL STUDENT. —HOW TO GET RID OF A MOTHER-IN-LAW. The Population. There are on the earth about one billion of inhabitants. They speak four thousand and sixty-four languages. Only one person in a thousand reaches his allotted years, —threescore and ten. Between the ages of sixteen and forty-five, there are morefemales than males. Lawyers li
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