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Show HE WANTED TH : QUARTER. Fatlwr'n Anxiety Tn Divided He. tween His Child and tbe Culu. I have seen some stingy men while been in the medical profession, but littlest game I ever saw occurred' the er day." y: a spake one of our young doctors en-, cd in a large dispensary Connected li one of the medical schools in the . The doctor continued: "Much of work is thankless enough. '" We ex-ience ex-ience the greatest difrlculty in getting mt& to take medicine as they are died. di-ed. They seem almost to have an ' idea letimes that we ought to pay them for ing what is going to cure them. . Fre-ntly, Fre-ntly, when an interesting case comes ' tile a clinic is going on in college, take it hefore the class and show the iW be II. D.'s the procedure taken for '-'lief. The case in question was that n Italian, He came rushing in with uld about a year old in his arms, iiety was depicted on hiscountenance. r'"e "'(tie thing had great difficulty reathing, but retained breath enough make Rome howl. Calming the w somewhat, wo managed to learn the child had swallowed a quarter dollar, which had stuck in its throat, asked if we could get it out. We nised to do our best, and, as a clinic m session, took the child and the ?r into the pit of the amphitheatre, 'at the operation might pe performed !'e the students. Nie professor began work at once for " that the child was in a fair way 'ffocate. They use for these opera-5 opera-5 an instrument called a coin catcher, II is made like a crochet needle, j ie material is rubber, and the hook1 113 on(i of the instrument is longer ' 'hat of a crochet needle. The in-"tfnt in-"tfnt is to be passed down the throat, 'te coin, and when withdrawn the ' Catches under the coin and it is :d up. At best, it i3 a difficult oper- cj for the child will kick and squirm, 1 is not without danger to the sur-1 sur-1 Jl"g parts. J? l,rofessor worked away, and as 'uorts for a time proved unsuccess-:1'e unsuccess-:1'e anxiety on the face of the father ae mtense. He fidgeted and seemed that all was lost, At length the A1 extricated and the boys stamped applause. The. professor laid the on the table while he washed Tb was the Italian's chance, .7 the professor's back was turned !"cy transferred the quarter to his The look of distress vanished 1 's countenance. 1 ,ecame manifest tlsot the loss of his , T1 contended with the danger of s nachild to produce his anxiety; Dat is why 1 6ay it was the meanest 1 ever saw. The bovs had one on ' Msor, though, when he turned 1(ked for the quarter, and they - its old building shake with their rH n' Tlle Professor caught on 11,6 mau to swap off the recov-. recov-. Wrter for another, while he exhib-' exhib-' the class. "-New York BveniBg |