"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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![by a hen that was severely upset at the time. Hereafter when the junket is passed round somebody else may have my share. I’ll stick to the mince pie a la mode. And the first cigar of my convalescence »—ah, that, too, abides as a vivid memory! Dropping in one morning to replace the wrappings Doctor Z said I might smoke in moderation. So the nurse brought me a cigar, and I lit it and took one deep puff; but only one. I laid it aside. I said to the nurse: “A mistake has been made here. I do not want a cooking cigar, you understand. I desire a cigar for personal use. This one is full of herbs and simples, I think. It suggests a New England boiled dinner, and not a very good New England boiled din¬ ner at that. Let us try again.” She brought another cigar. It was not satisfactory either Then she showed me the box—an orthodox box containing cigars of a recognized and previously dependable brand. I could only conclude that a root- and-herb doctor had bought an interest in the business and was introducing his own pet notions into the formula. [63]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29817675_0073.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
