3GO ASHGILL; OR, THE LIFE 



College, London, from opium poisoning. He had been 

 brought to the hospital that morning at ten o'clock, 

 having taken, by mistake for a black draught, about 

 one and a half ounces of "black drop," one of the 

 strongest preparations of opium. He was a most 

 remarkable man. Originally he hailed from Cumber- 

 land, but, settling down in London, he soon attained a 

 world-wide celebrity from the marvellous cures he 

 effected upon men and animals by his rare knowledge 

 and skill as a " bone-setter." At the time of his death 

 he was making a princely income, amongst his clientele 

 being the wealthiest and most learned in the land, who 

 deserted the " Faculty " and found often enough that 

 his practical, nay, almost inspired skill was more 

 effective than the erudition of the professors of surgery 

 and medicine. He regulated his fees according to the 

 purse of his patients. If a poor man came, often 

 enough no charge was made for services rendered. The 

 rich, he found, struck the balance of his account. On 

 one occasion, when the celebrated greyhound, Miss 

 Glendyne, injured her toe after winning two courses 

 iin the Waterloo Cup, her owner, Mr. Charles Hibbert, 

 the well-known Nottingham bookmaker, wired to the 

 "Doctor," who was in Paris, to come to Altcar post 

 haste to repair the injury. He travelled all night from 

 Paris, and arrived on the coursing ground at Altcar the 

 following morning just ten minutes too late. The time 

 for Miss Glendyne to go to the slips had expired. 

 Immediately the "Doctor" saw the bitch, he put her 

 toe right in an instant and she walked as sound as ever 

 she did. Had he arrived ten minutes earlier, she would 

 have gone to slips, and in all probability won the 

 Waterloo Cup outright, as she had done before. " Dr." 

 Hutton had strong sporting proclivities, and ran a few 



