Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 June 1919 — OBVIOUS SOMETIMES STARTLING [ARTICLE]

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No Reflection Is Ineiided on Our lx>cal Specialists. The pain in left heel became so bad that it finally drove him to his family physician, Dr. Petibone Parboil. “A plain case of infection,” declared the general practitioner, - when he had learned the symptoms I and made a conventional examination. “But your tongue is all right, your pulse is OK, and your temperature is normal. There -must be sbme hidden cause for your trouble. ' Let me see your throat. Peacock threw open the throttle. “I am not sure,” said the doctor, as he lined his professional forehead with dubiosity, “but I think your tonsils may be the breedingplaces of the unnatural condition of your foot posterior. (Hadn’t you better consult Dr. Garlingham, the nose and throat specialist?” Peacock thought he had; he was beginning to get worried. An interview with the specialist resulted in two operations; one, the snipping off of Peacock’s tonsils, and the other, the lassoing and severing of a few appendages, which the specialist said were adenoids.. The operations were costly for Peacock, and thoroughly satisfactory to Dr. Garlingham. A few days later, when the bleeding and other unpleasant factors of his wouhds had abated, so that he could think again of things closer to the earth, hej was shocked to realize that his heel

hurt as much as ever. Limping to the office of the specialist, he complained loudly. “There Is a hare possibility," rumbled the specialist, when he had pondered a little, "that your teeth may also be Infection manufacturers. I would suggest that you call on my friend, Dr. Enamel, the dental X-ray expert. “No doubt of your teeth being culpable," pronounced Dr. Enamel, after he had done a lot of probing. "A picture will prove my assertion." A picture did prove it; and so alarmed Peacock that he sat down at once and suffered the loss of a majority of his teeth. But, soon after leaving the dentist’s office, he became aware of something familiar, and on investigation, found it w’as his old cross, the hoel-ache. Early the next morning, he hobbled his way back to the dentist’s parlor, and there bemoaned the Inadequacy of the tooth-puller’s treatment. The dentist scratched his head, figuratively, of course, for he was a sanitary dentist, and concocted his defense. "Mr. Peacock," he said at length, "I have done everything possible In my line. Your heel is evidently Infected from a source that would be unethical for me to treat. The best thing for you to do is to place yourself confidently In the hands of Dr. Biped, who has an International reputation as a specialist in the treatment of appendices. Now If —" Peacock had bolted. He was tired of specialists; besides his heel hurt him more than ever; moreover, his frequent trotting to and fro had so worn his shoes that he

now needed a new pair. But he couldn’t afford a new pair; -he had so little money left that he had to Tollow the example of Mr. McAdoo, , and have his aid pair • half-soled. , He went to a place where the job , is "done while you wait.” j When the shoes were finished , and again on his feet, Peacock l looked at them admiringly. "You i have done the work very nicely,” ,he said to the cobbler. "And," he I added, In a tone of surprise, when he had stood up and taken a few steps, “my feet seem to feel easier than they did." "Perhaps that, sir," suggested , the shoe-man, "Is because, in addition to half-soling your shoes, I pulled out a sharp nail that was | sticking up through one of the heels.” —G. T. Evans, In Judge.