KEEPING THE PATIENT IN THE DARK.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12828, 12 June 1907, Page 6

KEEPING THE PATIENT IN THE DARK.

It has often been. "Mblt--medical prescriptions should 1 in plain English, instead ofi2sS* which scholars say i 3 not ot"'e%S m % v purity. Inquisitivo patients JuT-Sft doubt, bo anxious to -know th.i_l_r'\ ponents of tho mixture or derod for their -bone-fit, but an tatuS-.' related hy Professor to a nicotiuir, of the Ladies* dISH? Association at (Sydney last wbdt s£S& that tho faculty, tit any rite, httSr • reason for retaining tho piactitjE_|'*fconveying its mH]immcnd«ttaia-t_a,..-' tho words of an - Tntisfcf *|-' and generally unknown U%.«SBfeIt enables them to cbwSifflf feo—no doubt somo times a lvS C __i's"' —when tiie use of common tonn»iiJ3 i __ probably Jiovo led to their bflijwSff' dorcd off tho premises. Tho «•_£» professor was giving many iWnl«s> about- "Tho foot and foot gosr " £_._[ ing tho evil effects of h-i-rifyJlftjßS' boots and compressive also luiiforced tho value of liness. Onco. lie said (KpoltfS_i : "-Sydney Daily Telegraph") almtmffl man was consulted by a I»ti-«145__4 > 1 complained of cold feet sleeplessness. After doctor diagnosed _ho troublo t-s &£*aW dirt, tho adequate remedy for jESg, would be tho ordinary process. To havo told tbe pafeSS?-' would, probably, liavo been rrjviiSS an insult, and havo lost tho -*-***f*t-sT_ft_k] fee. Therefore, ho sat down an elaborate prescription in Wwffi'known tongue, a pound of amn}mhW' fully disguised, forming the eMlSjer, ingredient. .This the nianv-inEffi! structed to apply at nigbttunsj U-Sra* nooompaniment of a vigorous <tlmaflit and careful drying of the ertlowMCff t> Under this treatment the rid of his troublo, and was ye» Mkv ful to his medical attendant,' W|j|j£' ■which it may bo inferred that tM|a>J good reason for'retaining iv tiie accustomed 'Latinised Jw*i*S^|£