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A D O C T O R ’S
STO R Y
By WILLARD BLAK.EMAN
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W hen I first se t up m y sh in g le as a
phy sician I w as told by th e o ld er prac
titio n e rs to look out fo r tra p s s e t for
m e by law b reak e rs, fo r It is th e inex
perleu ced d o cto r who Is called upon to
aid th em , th ey k now ing very w ell th at
a n old b ird is not to be c a u g h t with
chaff.
1 h ad n o t been p ra cticin g long before
I w as ask e d one d ay to call a t a cer
tain ad d ress. 1 found a sta te ly m an
sion sta n d in g by itself. 1 w as ad m it
ted by a n elderly g en tlem an , whose
d re ss a n d ap p e ara n ce w as in keeping
w ith th e prem ises. l i e led m e in to a
recep tio n room a n d said to m e:
"D octor, you h av e com e som e d is
tan ce a n d a t th e call o f one unknow n
to you. U n d er th e circ u m sta n ces I
do n o t th in k it fa ir to you to a sk you
to tre a t a p a tie n t w ith o u t h an d in g you
y o u r fee In ad v ance, a n d th a t fee
sh ould be lib eral.”
S tep p in g to a little m ah o g an y desk,
he w ro te a check a n d han d ed it to me
It w as fo r $50.
By th is tim e it began to d a w n upon
m e th a t I h ad s tru c k one of those
cases a g a in st w hich I h ad been w a rn
ed. B ut I took th e check a n d p u t it in
m y pocket. It m ig h t g et m e in to tro u
ble, b u t It m ig h t be v alu ab le a s evi
dence. T h e g en tlem an led m e u p stairs
to a room w h ere a m an w as holding a
young w om an dow n on a lounge. She
w as s tru g g lin g to free h erself from
him a n d w as hy sterical.
As soon ns she saw me she becam e
m ore so th a n ever. My conductor took
m e asid e a n d in a low voice told me
th a t sh e w a s in san e a n d he w as in
ten d in g to ta k e h er to a re tre a t for
such p a tie n ts. ■ She had been so vio
len t th a t he fe a re d she would in ju re
h erself a n d d esired th a t I give her
som e so o th in g rem edy.
I took a sm all vial from my m edi
cine case, d ropped som e of its con
te n ts In a glass of w a te r and. a p
p ro ach in g th e young lady, told her to
d rin k It. She looked up a t m e w ith
a frig h ten e d g lan ce a n d alm ost sh riek
ed : “ D o n 't poison me! I'll do a n y
th in g if you w o n 't poison me!”
Now, I am a b eliever In physical In
d icatio n s, an d 1 co n sid er m yself an
j d ep t a t in te rp re tin g them . If I see
tw o p erso n s to g e th e r w hom I don’t
1 now a n d h av e n ev e r seen before 1 can
tell If th e y a re of th e sam e bicod. 1
• an also tell by a person's eye w h eth er
he o r sh e is Insane. I looked into the
y oung la d y ’s eye a n d saw no evidence
of in s a n ity w h a te v er. A nother m a tte r
influenced t a e - t l i e handsom e fee 1 had
received in advance.
" D o n 't fe a r m e.” 1 said to her in a
re a ssu rin g voice. “ I am a physician,
a n d th is is a sim ple soothing d ra ft to
q u iet y o u r n erv es."
She looked a t m e searchingly and
an x io u sly , ev id en tly having felt confi
d e n t t h a t I had been brought In to
I>oison her.
” 1 d o n 't need a n y th in g to soothe me,"
sh e said , “if th e y 'll only let me go.
T hey took me from m j hom e an d
b ro u g h t m e h ere in a carriag e. They
a re going to s h u t me up for a lunatic.”
“ D rin k it,” I said, holding the glass
to h e r lips. “ It w on’t h u rt you and
w ill do you good."
I to ld h e r w ith m y eyes w hat l had
spoken w ith m y voice, and she took
th e dose.
I t w as really a help to
her in re sto rin g h er equanim ity and
lessen in g th e a d v a n ta g e h er enem ies—
if th e y w ere su c h —had over her. l e a v
ing her, I w e n t to a w indow and, ta k
ing o u t a p rescrip tio n slip, w rote som e
thing on it. Then, c a stin g m y eyes up
at th e ceiling us if in thought, 1 c ru m
pled the paper in my fist a n d ta k in g
another slip w ro te th e prescription
for bread pills, w hich 1 handed to the
gentlem an who had m e in ch a rg e and
who never took his eyes off m e fo r a
moment. T hen I w en t ag ain to th e
young lady an d felt h er pulse.
"Good d ay ,” I said, ta k in g h e r hand
in mine. “ D on't fe a r to ta k e th e m edi
cine 1 have prescribed fo r you."
In the palm of my h an d w as th e p re
scription slip I had crum pled, an d 1
left it in her palm , she closing her
hand on it. W h at 1 had w ritte n w as:
“ I un d erstan d the situ atio n . L eave all
io me. I>o w h a t they com pel you to
do w ith o u t stru g g lin g ."
F rom her 1 tu rn ed to m y conductor,
to whom I said th a t he need not give
her th e modi ine prescribed u nless she
becam e violent and if she becam e very
violent before he could rem ove h e r to
send fo r me.
H e seem ed satisfied
w ith this an d confident th a t I had
either been deceived or th e fifty dollar
check had stifled any suspicions I
m ight have.
1 left the house and, going to a sto re
near by. telephoned my chum , C harlie
K now lton. w ho had gone in to law
when I w ent in to m edicine, to com e to
me at once. F o r h a lf an h o u r I w a tc h
ed the house 1 had been in till C h arlie
came, then told him th e sto ry , a n d in
half an hour m ore lie h ad d etec tiv e s on
the w atch. C h arlie ru sh ed off to ta k e
legal m eans to free th e young lady and
succeeded, though I n ev e r q u ite u n d e r
stood how he m anaged it. H e told me,
using a lot of L a tin w ords—“d e luna-
tico in quirendo." “h a b e a s co rp u s” and
all th a t—b u t I knew n o th in g of w h at
he m eant.
T he case w as one of th o se w hich
happen now a n d th e n w h erein claim
a n ts to an e s ta te a tte m p t to get rid of
a legal h e ir by claim ing him o r h er to
be of un so u n d m ind a n d u n ab le to
m anage property.
C harlie m ade a fo rtu n e by th e o p era
tion, fo r he m arrie d th e heiress, w hile
I, poor devil, even re tu rn e d th e check I
had received for m y fee.
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T hose who have used it in C loverdale
a re asto n ish ed at th e IN STA N T action
of sim p le b u c k th o rn b a rk , glycerine,
etc., as m ixed in A dler-i-ka. Because it
ac ts on BOTH u p p er and low er bowel,
O N E T E A S P O O N F U L A dler-i-ka re
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often relieve or p re v en t ap p en d icitis. A
sh o rt tre a tm e n t helps chronic “tom ach
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