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by giving first aid to the injured. I was the 

 nearest approach to a physician on the train and 

 I used up a small supply of emergency hypoder- 

 mics which I carried in my grip. 



When I had been at Hot Springs about three 

 weeks and had just about spent my few dollars 

 for doctor bills and board, I decided to leave and 

 take a chance on my recovery. The treatments 

 there did not do much for me; they may be all 

 right for specific blood poison but my case was 

 different. My infection was undoubtedly due to 

 streptococci or staphylococci. 



From Hot Springs I went to Little Rock, in 

 the same state, and I found it one of the most 

 ambitious towns I ever saw. There I met a fine 

 veterinarian in the person of a Doctor Merchant 

 with whom I became very well acquainted a year 

 or two later. I tried to get a position as assistant 

 there but could not, and as I saw no other open- 

 ing, I left in a day or two for Fort Smith, also in 

 Arkansas. 



Here I met what, to my mind, was one of the 

 best all-round practitioners I ever encountered. 

 Doctor May was then a young man, but he had 

 the delivery of a veteran. And in later years he 

 has made good there. 



My money was now all gone and I borrowed 

 twenty-five dollars from the Doctor. With this 

 I set out for Oklahoma City, where I looked 

 around for a day and then took train for El Reno, 

 Olahoma. I had a trunk full of books and instru- 

 ments with me, and as I only had a few dollars 



