Life — May 22, 1902 — page 14: what you’re looking at

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LIFE Medical Notes. (4s Tuer ovont To ae.) From the /deal Medical Gazette. A NEW bill ience against Christian is now being prepared for the next Legislature, prohibiting , members of that religion from pric- ticing, and it is hoped that it will pass. Christian Science is a dangerous cult, not sv much for what it does in itself, as for the fact that it is proving constantly that nine cases out of ten get well any way. A ‘young mother" wrote to us some time ago with regard to the care of her extremely delicate infant, and we told her the best way was to consult a good physician. She writes now that she has not only done this, but has consulted several, and that they all disa- gree, and that she is in as much perplexity as ever. Her best plan now is to choose the doctor who comes oftenest and charges most, and stick to him. Ata recent meeting of the Medical Congress to discuss consump- tion, at which most of the leading members of the pro! present, quite a scene took place, caused by the a member, who got up and said that if the patient were left alone, lived in the open air, was not scared to death, and took no medi- cine, there was a good chance of his getting well. This member was promptly gagged and expelled. Good, serviceable dogs on hand for all emergencies. this office. Apply at The lamentable tendency of late among the masses of ignorant people to refuse to have an operation performed in cases of appendi- citis cannot be too strongly condemned. People are getting so that they think they know more than their physicians, and would rather take their chances of getting well by themselves. A law ought to be passed compelling every patient to submit to vaccina- tion, or have an appendix re- moved at least once in six ANDREW CARNEGIE. life. While of course deploring this error, we cannot but admire the persistence with which our physicians, imbued with the true scien- tific spirit, have clung to new serums until the last moment. One of our readers has written us a letter criticising the methods of the doctors in his vicinity. He says they call too often, send in bills without saying what they are for, give medicine when there is no need of it, ete., etc., ad nauseam, And then the writer winds up by saying that he is not a medical man himself, has never taken ‘a degree ; is, in fact, a mere layman. ‘The man evidently thinks he has a right to an opinion ! months, Professor Hobnob, the cele- brated German scientist, has just discovered a new dise which is said to be fatal in every case where an operation of great delicacy and expense is not immediately performed. Act is of it have been cabled to this country, and it is hoped that widespread atten- tion will be called to The thanks of the profession are due Professor Hobnob. The new serum which was put on the market two y: ago by Dr. Kaskawhis Russian expert, and whick was tried so extensively in this country by leading members of the profession, has now been as ined to be almost invariably fatal in its results, and if not fatal, to leave the patient in such a hopeless condition as to render him use- less for the rest of his natural Old Probabilities : GRACIOUS! HERE COMEY MRS. SUMMER AND HER sUN! comicbooks.com