Show FURRED TONGUE NO PR PROOF why it 1 Is supposed to indicate diges tivo disturbance never has been explained just why a furred tongue la Is supposed to be an indication ot of a disturbance tur banca bance of the digestive apparatus lias has never been explained the medical record calls to io mind the respected and feared spinster in our community a good many years ago who had bad her own opinion about doctors urged to consult ong on of their fraternity when a little indisposed she would repel the suggestion wa with th khorn scorn all they do she would say Is to say lets see your tongue hows your bowels two dollars please 1 the editor says he has known physicians of the old school who could diagnose a case casa by looking at the tongue just as lie he has hag known a physician who could diagnose a case of pneumonia in a child lie ho had never seen before when he got ten feet away from the bed and what Is more he could chiald tell which side it was on and even designate the tha lobe af affected fectea in some cases of coursed course this Is sarcasm sarcasm the editor la is ridiculing the furred tongue as a symptom of trouble in the digestive apparatus |