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 . d the fellow away, who, too drunkto notice it, stuck the pipe in his face, saying, Here, ouldman, take a shmoke for your ghosts sake. •Bah ! Git away wid the divlish nasty thing, exclaimedthe young man, rising and sitting up in the coffin. There was an instantaneous stampede from the room ofevery waker who was capable of rising to his legs, followedby the fellow in the sheet, who, dropping t
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 . d the fellow away, who, too drunkto notice it, stuck the pipe in his face, saying, Here, ouldman, take a shmoke for your ghosts sake. •Bah ! Git away wid the divlish nasty thing, exclaimedthe young man, rising and sitting up in the coffin. There was an instantaneous stampede from the room ofevery waker who was capable of rising to his legs, followedby the fellow in the sheet, who, dropping the ghostly cov-ering at the door, mingled with the rabble, and was notrecognized. The priest and the doctor were speedily sum-moned. The former arrived, heard, outside the house, thewonderful story, and then proceeded to lay the spirit by-sprinkling holy water on the door-stone, thence into theroom. By this time the smoke had sufficiently subsided toallow a view of the room, when the stiff, frigid body of old 290 WOULD NOT SMOKE. Nagles was discovered on the floor, where it had fallen,7 asthey supposed, in attempting to walk. Of course thedoctor ridiculed the idea of a stark, cold body rising and. A CORPSE THAT WOULD NOT SMOKE. speaking; but the Irish, to this day, believe old Nagles, forthat once, refused a pipe and a glass of whiskey. The fewyoung men dared not divulge the secret, and it never leakedout till the entire family of Nagles had gone to parts un-known. I find a great many ghost stories in books, which are notexplained; but since the writer knows nothing of their au-thenticity, nor the persons with whom they were connected,they are unworthy of notice here. BYRONS GHOST. 291 The Ghost of Cesar at Piiilippi. Dr. Robert Macnish, of Glasgow, in his Philosophy ofSleep, says, No doubt the apparition of Caesar which ap-peared to Brutus, and declared it would meet him at Phi-Iippi, was either a dream or a spectral illusion—probablythe latter. Brutus, in all likelihood,
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