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Show FACTS VERSUS SCIENCE. Physician Tells of Danger of Hastily Forming Opinions. In talking to a class of students recently, re-cently, a prominent hospital physician of this city cautioned them against hastily forming and expressing opinions opin-ions as to the n a tine of patients' diseases disea-ses He emphasized his warning with two stories from his own experience. He was once present at a clinic; the subject sub-ject of which was a man evidently suffering suf-fering from Mine disease of the heart. "A strange unnatural muttering sound could be heard from that organ," said the doctor, and the pupil of one of the man's eyes was much dilated, The peculiar appearance of Hie eye struck all present, and seemed to have some connection with tho cardiac, or heart, aifection, Wo woudo red what the precise nature of this relation could be, and more than one of us had out a note book as the discussion grew animated. Hut they were put away in a hurry when the patient remarked that ills queer looking eye was made of glass. At an other clinic the professor in charge wns talking learnedly and pedantically pe-dantically about tho importance of attending at-tending to minor symptoms. 'For instance, gentlemen,' said he, '1 have no doubt but that certain things bo confidently affirmed as to tho woman's wo-man's condition by the appearance of of her teeth.' He was forging ahead with particulars partic-ulars when the patient interrupted him. 'Here you are, sir,' she said taking out her teeth, 'you can hand them around If you like.' |