Queer patients . quiries,he told me his story in a very straightforward,open, and somewhat off-hand manner, which,though his speech was rough, gave me theimpression that he was speaking the said that he was tramping through thecountry, and had been for some weeks want-ing to consult a doctor who, to use his ownelegant phrase, Wouldnt split on a asked him who had been so kind as togive that excellent character regarding my-self to which I owed the honour of this which he replied that it was the oldwoman at the lodging-house, I thought,therefore, that this was another l
Queer patients . quiries,he told me his story in a very straightforward,open, and somewhat off-hand manner, which,though his speech was rough, gave me theimpression that he was speaking the said that he was tramping through thecountry, and had been for some weeks want-ing to consult a doctor who, to use his ownelegant phrase, Wouldnt split on a asked him who had been so kind as togive that excellent character regarding my-self to which I owed the honour of this which he replied that it was the oldwoman at the lodging-house, I thought,therefore, that this was another little incidentfor which I had to thank Mrs Howe. Yer wont give a chap away, will asked. Certainly not, I replied. If you arestraight with me, I shall be fair with can I do for you ? He smiled quietly, and proceeded to take io8 QUEER PATIENTS off his coat, then a jersey, and finally hisshirt. He then turneci his bare back to me,and bent down his head. Dyer see any-thing wrong on my back ? he dyer see anything wrong on my back? Placing him so that the light fell as Iwished, I examined him, but the only thingwhich seemed at all in my line was a small GRATEFUL AND OTHERWISE 109 rounded lump, not quite so big as a walnut,which was situated between the two shoulder-blades. I conveyed the result of my obser-vation to him. Aye, thats it, he said. What do youthink it is, now ? The tone of his voice seemed to me toconvey a sort of suppressed excitement. Before answering, I proceeded to examineit more carefully. I found that this lumpwas hard, firm, freely moveable under theskin, and not painful. Well, I said, after concluding, my exami-nation, I am not quite sure what it is. Itmay be just a simple small tumour,, or itmay be some substance which has got inaccidentally-—I mean a bullet, or somethingof that sort, which has become fixed there. I explained to him, in as simple languageas I could command, how such a thing mighthappen, and how any foreign substance oft
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