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talking about his relatives, because he frequently spoke 

 of his "Ante," also of "Jack-pot" (thought Jack was 

 his cousin), heard him say he must "stand pat" (another 

 cousin). The professor thought these three relatives 

 were what the student referred to when he spoke of 

 "three of a kind;" he thought the student was a very 

 kind-hearted boy, because he heard him say he gave his 

 overcoat to his "uncle," and went back after "Tom 

 and Jerry." 



We understand that the foregoing does not bear 

 a very close relation to typhoid fever, yet we believe 

 it is about as near correct as many of the cases that are 

 diagnosed typhoid. The writer understands that he 

 may be criticised for not accepting the usual diagnoses, 

 yet he is satisfied that in many cases, perhaps the 

 majority, such diagnosis is not correct. This conclu- 

 sion is reached after the usual experiences with cases 

 of this kind, and after proving over and over again 

 that such cases usually make a complete recovery in a 

 few days, if eliminations have been thorough, and fol- 

 lowed when necessary by antiseptics and stringents. 



In his practice of medicine, page 23, the well-known 

 Dr. Hughes says, regarding typhoid fever: "An error 

 that is constantly being made is that of confounding 

 typhoid fever with the typhoid (depressing) symptoms 

 or conditions developing during the course of many 

 acute diseases." 



We understand that some physicians will have no 

 patience with the statement that they do not know 

 a case of typhoid fever when they see it, yet the 

 very nature of typhoid fever renders a diagnosis ex- 



