A Fashionable Doctor
"Make your son a ohysician." "A physician !" exclaimed the father. "Why, he hasn't enough brains for a hod carrier." "No brains are required. Your son has a pompous manner and says little—a combination that is sure to im.press a sick manl" Three years later the stupid son returned from abroad, after a series of unintelligent studies in the principal medical schools of Europe. His first patient was an influential lady who had the whooping cough. He pronounced it quick consumption. She, of course, believed him, and when she recovered, was so overcome by her miraculous escape from this usually fatal disease, that she recommended him in the mopt enthusiastic manner to all her friends. His second great success was with a child who had cramp in the stomach. He treated him for curvature of the spine, and as the child came out of it with an excellent figure, the wealthy parents overwhelmed him with their gratitude. His reputation was nOw.firmly established. He became a shining light in the profession, and soon after married a merchant princess. .
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XIX, Issue 5904, 28 March 1894, Page 1
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179A Fashionable Doctor Oamaru Mail, Volume XIX, Issue 5904, 28 March 1894, Page 1
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