Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1896 — Dosed by Proxy. [ARTICLE]

Dosed by Proxy.

An English missionary to Uganda, Rev. R. P. Ashe, thus relates one of his odd experiences- in prescribing for the natives: “A man came to me begging for medicine. He seemed not to l»e seriously unwell, and I thought beet to give him a dose of salts, which at ths worst would probably do hitn no harm. I prepared the mixture, and seeing him hesitate about taking it I felt obliged to order him to do so at once while it was effervescing. He drained the cup and then I told the interpreter that the patient might describe his symptoms more at length, it he desired. Then it came out that he wanted the medicine not for himself, but for his wife. No doubt the man supposed that this was ths white man's usual method of treatment-" —Youth's Companion.