. 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. e had, and so he resolvedthis morning to send you this; and she began undoing thecover of the large wicker basket which she had set on thefloor. The doctor stood overlooking the transaction in nolittle concern. Egress being afforded, out hopped an enor-mous magpie, that strutted around the room, chatteringaway as independent as a lord. There, doctor, it is his favorite magpie he has sentyo
. 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. e had, and so he resolvedthis morning to send you this; and she began undoing thecover of the large wicker basket which she had set on thefloor. The doctor stood overlooking the transaction in nolittle concern. Egress being afforded, out hopped an enor-mous magpie, that strutted around the room, chatteringaway as independent as a lord. There, doctor, it is his favorite magpie he has sentyou, exclaimed the woman, looking proudly upon the pieceof chattering ebony. It was a fee to be proud of. A Hearts Offering. The gratitude of the poor country lad for his recoverydid not exceed, probably, that of a young girl, as related A HEARTS OFFERING. 399 in the Moutpelier papers, from one of which I cut the fol-lowing : — A young girl, fourteen years of age, named Celia , called at the hotel to-day where Dr. C, with his family, isstopping, and presenting him with a bouquet of Mayflowers,said, I have no money to pay you for curing my head ofscrofula, and I thought these flowers might please A LIVING FEE. This was truly the offering of a grateful heart; for her headhad been entirely covered by sores, from her birth, and thedoctor had cured it. Another journal said, in commentingupon it, This hearts offering deeply affected the doctor, towhom it was a greater reward than any money recompensecould have been. The doctor has the withered and black-ened flowers and leaves pressed, and hung in a frame in his 400 THE OLD LADYS CATS. office, but the memory of the touching scene of their pres-entation will remain fresh within his heart forever. A Stuffed Cat-skin. An eccentric and parsimonious old lady, who died in asmall village in the State of Maine, some twenty years ago,
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