Stories of a country doctor / by Willis P. King.

  • King, Willis P., 1839-1909.
Date:
1890,
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Stories of a country doctor / by Willis P. King. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER VII~PREACHER- DOCTORS, MIDWiy E3 AND NURSES. Reasons Why the Profession do not Like Preacher Doctors—The Nurse'and the “| Nuss.”’-—Stories about “Nussecr icc...) eee oe CHAPTER IX—THE BRANCH-WATER MAN, His General Character and Habits; His Dog, Team and Wife—Stories of Keesecker and Old Darlings. Aajoes casas cacetaens cseheae tee eee CHAPTER X—THE UPS AND DOWNS IN EARLY PRACECE The Country -Doctor—The Young Doctor’s Dream—Obstacles—My First Case—Laughing Down Her Throat—The Widow B. and the Night I Slept with the Cat—A Blood-Curdling Incident............... CHAPTER XI—UPS AND DOWNS, CONTINUED, A Contrast--How to Tell When Your Patient is Dead—Cupping the Old Ladv—Smart People—The Sick Horse—Fighting Fire—The Prairie Mirage—Home AGaln........:.ss0s--sssessayess ee /\sdunusaetath aeeeennnene CHAPTER XII—BENEVOLENT -DESIGNS. Wanted to be a Millionaire—A Trip to Colorado—The “ Pheenix” and the Tree Oyster—Natural Phenomena—“ The Lightness of the Atmosphere’’—A Tenderfoot’s Failure—The Grandeur of the Mountains—The Good of Desiring to do Good...............ssecsececoeceee CHAPTER XIII—DEATH BED REPENTANCE AND CONFESSIONS, —The ‘“ Colonel” and the Meteoric Shower—“ Uncle Mike” an the Story of the Stoning’ of Stephen. 2iiis.s. sssecoss «ccaducepeutne eens CHAPTER XIV—SHAM -SUICIDES,. A Startling Statement—The Young Wife—The Jilted Girl and the Deadly Flour—Dr. Eggslinger—Story of the Widow Minor—The Rejected Lover—How to Detectithe Fraud ..-201., man see ee CHAPTER XV—LIARS AND THEIR LIES. General Observations on Lying—Classification of Liars— Bill Whit- tington and a Sample of His Lies—Sim’s Unfair Trick—The Story of the Bullies—Jack, the Barber, and Rafferty’s Funeral—A Great Shot and a Fast Trotter—Do Doctors Lie?—Several Samples which Answer the Question—An Asylum for Liars.............2000. ssece 142 157 219 237 255
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