"Speaking of operations--" / by Irvin S. Cobb ... illustrations by Tony Sarg.
- Irvin S. Cobb
- Date:
- [1915], ©1915
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: "Speaking of operations--" / by Irvin S. Cobb ... illustrations by Tony Sarg. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![be landscaped. And since it is a recognized fact that germs abhor orderliness and straight lines they now go elsewhere to re¬ side, and the doctor may still retain his traditional aspect and yet be practically germproof. Doctor X was trimmed in ac¬ cordance with the ethics of the newer school. He had trellis whiskers. So I went to see him at his offices in a fashion¬ able district, on an expensive side street. Before reaching him I passed through the hands of a maid and a nurse, each of whom spoke to me in a low, sorrowful tone of voice, which seemed to indicate that there was very little hope. I reached an inner room where Doctor X was. He looked me over, while I de¬ scribed for him as best I could what seemed . to be the matter with me, and asked me a number of intimate questions touching on the lives, works, characters and peculiari¬ ties of my ancestors; after which he made me stand up in front of him and take my coat off, and he punched me hither and yon with his forefinger. He also knocked repeatedly on my breastbone with his [18]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29817675_0024.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
