i 9 o THE MICROSCOPE. 



AT THE DOCTOR'S EXPENSE. 



A journal has been started in New York called The Under- 

 taker s Assistant. Why not call it The Physician at once? 



Lake Moosehicmagunticjocknahmakantajus, in Maine, wants to 

 become a summer resort. The brakeman will begin to announce 

 the*name on leaving the preceding station. Do tell all the gyne- 

 cologists. 



While a doctor was visiting a woman in Rowlandsville, Pa., two 

 children poured a pint of molasses into his silk hat, which he didn't 

 notice till he put the tile on his head. Language cannot describe his 

 feelings, but it is said that he will petition the next legislature to 

 pass a bill making it a criminal offense for a child to be born under 

 twelve years of age. 



Old Dr. A. was a quack and very ignorant. On one occasion 

 he was called by mistake to attend a council of physicians in a criti- 

 cal case. After considerable discussion, the opinion was expressed 

 by one that the patient was convalescent. When it came to Dr. A.'s 

 turn to speak, he said: "Convalescent! Why, that's nothing serious. 

 I have cured convalescence in twenty-four hours." 



A number of young men in Cincinnati have organized a society 

 which they have called the " Drake Medical Society," in honor, 

 doubtless, of some distinguished doctor of that name. The Medical 

 and Surgical Reporter, however, cannot resist the temptation to say 

 that this is an evidence of more quackery in the profession. 



"Doctor," said the suave traveling representative of a wholesale 

 drug house, " I would ask your attention to our preparation of bur- 

 dock seed. Have you had any experience in the use of this drug ?" 

 " Experience in the use of the docks ? Well, I should say I had. 

 You can't teach me anything about docks; I know all about 'em — 

 burdock, yellow dock, and — and — opodeldoc, and all the rest of 



em. 



