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 . mans ignorance, and have a huge thing to tell to their class-fellows, and not pay for it!Mrs. Mott was a woman, but she possessed powerful mag-netic influence, and held fast to the point, viz., her fee forconsultation ; and to the chagrin of the patient ( ? ), and theastonishment of his chums, the three dollars were paid overto the doctress. Now, sir, you will please state your case, said th
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 . mans ignorance, and have a huge thing to tell to their class-fellows, and not pay for it!Mrs. Mott was a woman, but she possessed powerful mag-netic influence, and held fast to the point, viz., her fee forconsultation ; and to the chagrin of the patient ( ? ), and theastonishment of his chums, the three dollars were paid overto the doctress. Now, sir, you will please state your case, said the lady,pocketing the fee, adjusting her eye-glasses, and seatingherself for a consultation. Yes. Well—it is a — a peculiar case, stammered thepatient, 134 CURING AN INVALID. You have informed me of that point before. Please pro-ceed, remarked the doctress with great complacency to theembarrassed fellow. Its a delicate case, he blnshingly replied. O, indeed; then step into this private consulting room;and arising, she led the way to an inner office, where theyoung man involuntarily followed, greatly to the amusementof the two remaining students, who remarked, It is gettingblamed hot for us THREE WISE STUDENTS CONSULTING A DOCTRESS. In a moment, the invalid — greatly improved, one mightjudge, from his agility, —rushed from the private sanctumwith a bound, grasped his hat from the table, exclaiming,Come on, for Gods sake ! and rushed from the house, fol-lowed by his now thoroughly affrighted companions. Whats the matter? What did the old tarantula say toyou? demanded the young mans chums, when well outsideof the web into which they had so impudently intrudedthemselves. FEMALE PERSEVERANCE. 135 Dont you ever ask me, be vociferated. A pretty mesa you got me into. But if either of you ever again mis-take that old woman for a fool, I hope to God shell takeyou into her private consulting room. But to return to Miss Hunt and her sister. In 1855 or56 the sisters opened an
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