1785-1909-- Daniel Drake and His Followers (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 Excerpt: ...delicate shadings and lines the rosy tints of the Western firmament. The old doctor looked at the glorious scene, oblivious to his surroundings and as in a trance. Finally with a sigh, he turned to his companion and said: "How inexpressibly beautiful this picture is How small we miserable creatures of the earth are, compared to Him who painted this incomparable scene " It was Doctor Graham's last visit to the shrine of Nature. Graham was without a doubt one of the greatest lecturers that have ever stood before a medical class in this country. By way of a befitting conclusion, I beg to reproduce a case report as given by Graham in a lecture on hysteria. For this bit of delightful realism I am indebted to Dr. C. A. L. Reed, who heard Graham deliver this lecture. Said Graham: "In the earlier days of my practice up in Columbiana County I was called one bitter cold night to go several miles in the country to see a patient who was reported to be dying. When I arrived, I found a young woman lying on her back in the middle of the floor, surrounded by her anguished family. But, gentlemen, a furtive glance from the patient's eye, at the very instant of my entrance, told me the nature of her malady. By that token I knew that she had hysteria. But I did not betray her secret. On the contrary, I proceeded with due solemnity to examine her pulse, and to try to examine her pupils and her tongue, but I couldn't pry open either the eyelids or the mouth. Then, turning to the anxious mother, I said: "Madam, have you a syringe?" "A what, doctor?" "A syringe. Madam--a squirt gun." The men folks were despatched to the barn and presently returned with one of those enormous pewter syringes employed about farms for veterinary purposes. ...