Tri-State medical journal and practitioner . the attacks are getting worse, and were it not for mor-phine they would have worn me out long ago. Had I not been possessedof some means my pocket-book would long since have become exhausted. But with so many diagnoses to select from, I have probablyreceived the quidpro quo. Neuralgia of the stomach, intestinal colic, gravel,acute indigestion, congestion of the liver, twisting of the bowels—fineassortment, eh, doctor? One gentleman said I had an aneurism, whateverthat may be. The Doctors Croesus—Lydston. 591 4k The only diagnosis that has ever reall
Tri-State medical journal and practitioner . the attacks are getting worse, and were it not for mor-phine they would have worn me out long ago. Had I not been possessedof some means my pocket-book would long since have become exhausted. But with so many diagnoses to select from, I have probablyreceived the quidpro quo. Neuralgia of the stomach, intestinal colic, gravel,acute indigestion, congestion of the liver, twisting of the bowels—fineassortment, eh, doctor? One gentleman said I had an aneurism, whateverthat may be. The Doctors Croesus—Lydston. 591 4k The only diagnosis that has ever really pleased me was one whichwas made by a gentleman in Washington—I am a member of Congress, bythe way, and have been taken ill several times while attending thesessions. «Ahr indeed! I said; and what was this remarkable opinion? Well, I was advised to consult a gentleman who was said to have asort of divining-rod capacity of diagnosis, and although somewhat dis-gusted with my previous experiences, I yielded to the importunities of my. friends and visited him. Ht wrote down an encyclopaedic history of mytroubles, and finally, after very profound reflection, assured me that mycase was one of pure neurosis, sir—pure neurosis/ I endeavored to getsome satisfactory explanation of the term neurosis, but, as my fee wasalready in the doctors basket, the attempt was a failure. Having had moredisplay and bigger words for my money than ever before, I neverthelessfelt I was in duty bound to be satisfied. Tell me, I said, have you ever been jaundiced—has your skin everbeen yellow after these attacks? Why, since you mention it, doctor, replied my patient, I believemy friends have from time to time called my attention to a slightly yel-lowish tinge of my eyes and complexion after these spells, and I have my-self fancied recently that my skin was becoming habitually sallow/ After asking a few more questions regarding his physiological func-tions,! said: And now, sir, if you do not min
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