. 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. , he replied,— Yes, sir; most positively. Dr. Hosacks favorite branch of practice has been generalsurgery. On asking him the question if he would again bea surgeon, his reply was condensed into a comprehensive Never! Dr. Hosack was present as examining physician to Colt,who committed suicide in the city prison. It is believed tothis day, in certain circles, that Colt escaped, leaving anoth
. 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. , he replied,— Yes, sir; most positively. Dr. Hosacks favorite branch of practice has been generalsurgery. On asking him the question if he would again bea surgeon, his reply was condensed into a comprehensive Never! Dr. Hosack was present as examining physician to Colt,who committed suicide in the city prison. It is believed tothis day, in certain circles, that Colt escaped, leaving anotherbody smuggled into prison over night to represent writer was induced once in Hartford to believe this tobe true, as persons stated that they had really seen Colt inCalifornia. Dr. Hosacks testimony makes the case did not escape. It seems that when the prisonerfound, at the last moment, that there was neither possibilityof escaping nor the least probability of a reprieve, he in-duced some friend to send him a coffee-pot of hot coffee inwhich the dagger was concealed, and which he drove into hisheart even beyond the handle. Dr. Hosack (Alex. Eddy) was also physician to EARLY USE OF ETHER. 585 Do you never experience any contrition, at times, forthe deed? (viz., shooting Hamilton), asked Dr. H. of hispatient. No, sir; I could not regret it. Twice he crossed mypath. He brought it upon himself, was Burrs reply. Mrs. H., the doctors mother, not unfrcqucntly took teaand played chess of an evening with Benjamin was a funny old gentleman. lie used to amusehimself by giving ether to the children of the neighborhoodand letting them out under its influence to laugh at theirfellow-playmates. Some Puritanic Epitaphs. The most ingenious of the Puritan poets was the Wiggles worth, whose Day of Doom is the mostremarkable curiosity in American literature. He was asskilled, says one of his biographers, in physic and surgeryas in di
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