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Show PA88INQ OF THE REAL DOCTOR It begins to look as though the day of the old fashioned family doctor whs of the pftfBt. Nowadays physicians physici-ans are all specializing and many ot them are growing wealthy as wlelders of sharp Instruments. They stand ready to operato for every ailment, from plain corns to colic In children. And they charge enormous fees for their bloody work. When tho average aver-age new fanglcd physician Is called In by a sick person he looks tho patient pa-tient over nnd wisely declares, You had better get a specialist and I rcc- ommond Dr. John Doo. Of course, the doctor receives a percentage from Dr. Doe, yet, ho would annul tho it-censo it-censo of any doctor who legitimately ndvortlses. Tho old time fnmlly doctor doc-tor used to tncklo all ailments, nnd he cured ns often, If not ottcner tlinn tho so called specialists. Ho may not ho,vo been ns skillful as tho modern doctor with tho sharp tools, but ho generally effected a euro and charged, reasonably, leaving his client something some-thing with which to buy bread and meat Instead of being In debt. In tho futuro somo collego will probably spring up which will turn out real doctors, men and women who will be capable to treat tho ovory day ailments ail-ments and not acknowledge thoy nro Incompetents. Woman's National Weekly. |