Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1903 — A Mistaken Diagnosis. [ARTICLE]

A Mistaken Diagnosis.

▲ curious incident occurred in a certain hospital In the east end of London the other day. A black sailor presented himself at the institution apparently seeking treatment However, he could speak no language known to the officials, but after having been examined by the doctors and given a bath be bad his hair cat and was put to bed. When one of the visiting surgeons saw him next morning he could not discover that there was anything the matter. It subsequently appeared that he was a friend of (me of the patient* in the hospital and had merely called to see how he was getting on.