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 . recovered from the cholera scare as toventure into the city with a horse and wagon load of vege-tables ; and thereby hangs a tale. He drove moderatelyalong the street, when he suddenly spied the word Chol-era, in big letters on the new fence, and he staid to see nomore. Laying the lash on to his quadruped, he went pastthe handbills like a streak of lightning, went— nor stoodon the order of h
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 . recovered from the cholera scare as toventure into the city with a horse and wagon load of vege-tables ; and thereby hangs a tale. He drove moderatelyalong the street, when he suddenly spied the word Chol-era, in big letters on the new fence, and he staid to see nomore. Laying the lash on to his quadruped, he went pastthe handbills like a streak of lightning, went— nor stoodon the order of his going— up past the tunnel, planting thevegetables along the entire route, — for the tail-board hadloosened, — hardly taking breath, or allowing his beast tobreathe, till he reached home at W. Safely there, he rushed wildly into the midst of hishousehold, exclaiming, — f O, wife, wife, they have got the cholera in Hartford, andhave fenced it in. A Joke thats not a Joke. —A funny limb of the law had an office, a few years since, on Street, next door to a doctors shop. One day, an elderly gentleman, of the fogyschool, blundered into the lawyers office, and asked, — Is the doctor in ?. A LAWYER DOCTORED. 223 Dont live here, replied the lawyer, scribbling over somelegal documents. O, I thought this was the doctors office. Next door, sir; short, and still writing. I beg pardon, but can you tell me if the doctor has manypatients? wJVb< living was the brief reply. The old gentleman repeated the story in the vicinity, andthe doctor threatened the lawyer with a libel. The latterapologized, saying, it was only a joke, and that no mancould sustain a libel against a lawyer, when the doctor ac-knowledged the joke, and satisfaction, saying he would sendup a bottle of wine, in token of reconciliation. The wine came, and the lawyer invited in a few friends tolaugh over the joke, and smile over the doctors wine. Theseal was broken, the dust and cobwebs being removed, andthe
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