The Lady Doctor and the Boil.

Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 230, 29 September 1888, Page 3 (Supplement)

The Lady Doctor and the Boil.

IJpon one occasion; I was travelling by rail *& jfcbe States, and was much troubled with '£. Ivery extensile ' and busitie^s4ik6 bbfli Now.a boil-at, any tinie,; when it,'mea^jf ", ia a very unpleasant companion. especially on a railway jouraeyV and 'tlii^S pa^tipyi^r pne. happened to be situated on' 4 ' .certain' part; of jmy anatomy , wherei It> ■ caused the process of sitting down only to be! underta|en £iter due and grave coi^r .; sideration, and indulged in only fop tn^; ' v shprtest period, so 1 decided on' breaking thje Journey at Blankville and obtaining medical relief.' We arrived about lOp/m, and I calculated to wait till morning beforfli scbdipgfdr th^ doctor, and after issuing fcho necessary instructions for his sawbonesship , to: be summoned I turned in. , -.'■'" ''', ."■'''. l^e,xti 8 o'clock I was awakened by tho waiter, who irformed me the doctor had arrived, tod handed/me a ' card, 'Dr./ Mary Jones!' ~ "'.;■' , ' I ' ■ ' ' Great Scotfc!' was my exclapia,tioij(i 'One of these blessed lady doctors who are "' becoming too plentiful.' Here wa^'a pfet|y ■■ go ! I was on the point of rec|ueS.tmg,,tnfli >vkiter■ that her services were happily not required, when she appeared-afc';:'' the jdopr.^' \ \ '.. '.■',,' "'r-y-'I', ■■■ '. • .. ( Morning, s;r,' said she, 'what pan Idq fovyo'u ?'.:■■ : ', ; '. ' V ":: :' " ' ■■"■'■'■■ •■•' Oh,' 1- replied, rapidly" assuijiing the hu6 of a boiled lobster, ' the fact is,—er— madam, I—cr —wauled a gentleman doctop 'Nonsense, my deay sir,'»s,he brrbke in ; I■• (jhey are quite out of fashion now. Tell Ime What'f ■vvrong and I'll soon fix 'you.' ■ ' ' Bvjt my dear mada,in v ' I cried,' ' I have nothing wrong—.er: —iti. faot-—er—4l). is all a ' niistakc, dont, you know. J[ have only a Ismail boil vfhich; does hot" hurj; afcallrio'v*'.* - iitwasgpiipg it lifee winking at this V;er"y : moment and it was as muphasl could'do to keep from crying. - '_ : YAh !' exejaimed her ladyship,;l aboil, eh! Oh, Til soon sett|e h^i? lOitie gamei Let's have a look at him, 5 and she made a' pl go' at thel bedclothfes:; 'ft v. , . ft;,"Was awful!-; ' Never!: Don't' touc&me!1 I cried; grabbing the-blafiketß-likd ! n;acl, but ib only m?,de her think that I was :■■■ ■ ! : afraid; of. the paii?. 'So she tried coaxing.l '_ 'JSTqw; my dear fellow, doti'fc' be stupid. -I jCan'just t^ke; all the pain!|iut o|that rfelloKr v ;ini a.- jiffey. -* "I assure'- you it- woii'f hiirfr )ti • ■'.'■■' fittle bit, and lam sure you will thgnkma ' for it afterwards;* ' ■ _ ;I. would, have thanked her i£ ghe. h^'.:, » never been; born.' I had. serious - thoughts * of jumping up and ixta'klng Aibold rush for the door, t when1 she informed me to."' just wail; till.?))§ fetched her instfuiflentSj and° ' - she" wouldmaks &'start: and send^me>along • . thanking providence for providing the ■jonely traveller wichsiieh skilful attention.* ' As.soon as ehfi was out of the- roomKl ' slipped-into ■my togs uvaboqby the«quickest time on^record and^as streaking it dp\y*nstairs four steps afe & time,; but gmfortunateiy thejmaid or-someone jhad left a' - piece of soap on the sbtiira about half way up,' when I-fitiall^ lafldeid' at the bottom on'^fny-b'si-ck,_'6bM' aggravating ana business- ; like boil had received suoii' a shock" to its syefcQi as to' put it quite Out of tho p9«r©r of any medico/male or fenia^e, to operate uppnit.': -; ' , '-■; . '''•,'•"''] ■