Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 May 1905 — A Doctor's Story. [ARTICLE]

A Doctor's Story.

At a recent meeting of a woman's club a physician who gave a lecture on tuberculosis told the following story: “One day a woman who was suffering from tuberculosis was brought to my attention, and, as we could not get her away from her work for a rest In the country, I did the next best thing—gave her directions about ventilation, etc., and prescribed a tonic to build her up. I did not see her again for nearly a fhonth, and I was greatly surprised to find her exactly as thin as ever. In tact, she weighed several pounds less than at the time I first saw her. “ ’You haven’t been taking the tonlo regularly,’ I said. “ *Oh, yes, sir,’ she replied. ‘l’ve took It three times a day, Just as you said.’ ** ‘But, my dear woman,’ said I, *you wouldn’t have those hollow cheeks if you had. This tonic always gives a person a fins appetite’— Yes, sir: yea, sir; I got an appetite all right,’ came the answer, ‘but I didn’t get nothin’ much to eat’ ”