Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 152, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1911 — NO REST FOR THE DOCTOR [ARTICLE]

NO REST FOR THE DOCTOR

Man of Medicine Must Always Be in Readiness for Alleviation of Suffering. “Take a day off.” said a friend of the doctor, seeing that the man of medicine looked fagged. is the good?” was the reply. “Whenever I go off on a holiday some one Is sure to be taken ill and call upon me for medical advice. I can't t»t away from my profession.” “Well," suggested the friend, "you profit financially; that's some consolation.” “That's the way it strikes you,” granted the doctor, and continued: “The summer before last I thought I'd go away for a few days with my wife to a camp I know of in the mountains. The morning we left town I got myself np to look as non-professional as possible, and we set out full of hope and as Jolly as two schoolchildren. The express train on which we traveled had not much more than pulled out of the station when I saw a porter enter our car and come running post haste down the aisle. When he «Dt alongside of me he stopped and said: ” ‘Dar’s a lady dyin* in de nex’ cyar, •ah! 1 see yoo is a doctor. Will you please come right along, sahr’ “la the face of such an appeal what eould 1 do? “Tt’e your horrid goatee. Albert,' my wife whispered, as I rose and folfir* rmTmr'i itfrUrWratfi iTTfin t. i 1

“The sick woman was in very bad shape, and it was two hours before I dared to leave her. As I bade her goodby she almost wept with gratitude—said she could never repay my kindness, etc., and asked what my fee was. I told her that there was no fee, but she insisted that there must be, so I named a small sum. Pulling a visiting card out of her satchel she requested that I would send my bill to her in New York. I agreed to do

so and went back to my wife just as the train drew into our station.” “Have you seen your patient since?” asked the doctor’s friend. “I often see her riding in her automobile.” “But did you send your bill?” the friend persisted. “Eh —oh, yes, I’ve been sending it regularly every month for the last year.”