Show A QUICK DIAGNOSIS One of the anecdotes related by Dr Weir Mitchell In the July Installment of his Century serial Dr North and His Friends might well be n personal experience of the authors I once went to harrisburg and had to return during the night The train was crowded At last In the stifling dimly lighted smoking car I found a man asleep across two seats I awakened him and saying I was sorry to disturb him sat down After a little he said Do you know Dr Owen North Slather astonished I said Yea What kind of a man Is he 4 < follow Oh a very good He Is like all them highup doctors I guess He gets big fees I want to know No said I That Is always exaggerated exag-gerated Why do you ask Well Ive had a lot of doctors and I nint no better and now I havent much money heft Upon this 7ny friend confided to me all his physical woes In detail Wo parted before daybreak It was too dark In the car for either of us to see plainly the face of the other About 10 next day the man entered i my consultingroom As 1 should not have known him exccpt for a rather peculiar volgc I too remained unidentified uniden-tified I could not resist so comic an opportunity I said looking nt him Sit down You have ii pain In your backThats Thats queer I have And you are blind In the left eye and your digestion is very bad and so I went on At last he said I never saw a doctor doc-tor like you It scares a man most Can you cure me I said Yes and wrote out my directions di-rections It was really a simple case When he produced a wellworn wallet I declined to take a fee and said I owe you for the seal and the good sleep I disturbed last night Thunder 1 sec You were the man But law why did you give it away Id have sent you the whole township |