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of it before. The gentlemen were soon 
joined by the conductor of the train who 
also proved to be a great admirer of the 
fish in question. I learned from their 
conversation that a few months pre- 
viously two or three dozen black bass, of 
small size, had been taken from a tribu- 
tary of the Ohio river, near Wheeling, 
placed in a perforated tin bucket, and 
then immersed in the water of the tank 
of the locomotive, and in this manner 
carried to Cumberland, Maryland, where 
they were planted in the canal basin at 
that place, from which they would have 
free egress to a branch of the Potomac 
river.* My curiosity was aroused in re- 
spect to the matter, and I resolved to 
make the acquaintance of the fish at the 
earliest opportunity, as I was assured by 
the conductor that it was common in the 
upper Ohio river, and abundant in all the 
tributaries. 
When I arrived in Cincinnati medical 
lectures were about to begin and I matric- 
ulated at once. I had been reading anat- 
omy and physiology for two years and 
my preceptor, a prominent surgeon, ad- 
vised me to continue to devote myself, 
principally, to those studies, with the addi- 
tion of pathology and the principles of 
medicine. He said further, that so far as 
the lectures on theory and practice of 
medicine were concerned, that I would 
better honor them more in the breach 
than in the observance for a year or two, 
and to apply the time to therapeutics and 
the laboratory, inasmuch as with the fun- 
damentals firmly established in my mind 
I would be fully prepared to form my 
diagnosis and to define my own practice, 
and not ha dependent on the opinions of 
others whether embodied in books or not. 
In after years I found this advice to be 
sound and trustworthy, and it would be 
well for medical students to pin the same 
advice in their hats, and not begin, as 
many are inclined to do, by reading books 
of practice, neglecting to some extent the 
more important and essential basic 
studies. 
I might clinch this advice by referring 
to an incident that occurred one day dur- 
ing a lecture on physiology. The subject 
of the glandular system was under con- 
sideration, and the professor was quizzing 
the class on the lecture of the day before. 
Adverting to the spleen, which has no 
visible duct or outlet, and the functions of 
which is not well understood even at the 
present day, ho addressed a student who 
had given more attention to lectures on 
practice, as follows: 
“Mr. Smith, where does the duct of the 
spleen empty?” 
Mr. Smith, evidently puzzled, replied: 
“The duct of the spleen empties — ah — 
ah — ahem, why, why the duct of the 
•Previous to tliat lime ilie small-moutlied blaclv- 
hnss did not inhabit the Potomac river, but from 
that small plant the tipper I'otomac and its 
tributaries became well-stocked with this desirable 
rame fish, end in a few years thereafter furnishecl 
excellent fishirig, wkicb continues to the present 
spleen empties, why, why, Professor, I 
did know, but for the moment I have for- 
gotten.” 
Then the Professor addressing the class, 
said solemnly and impressively: 
“Gentlemen, it is very much to be re- 
gretted that the only man who ever knew 
has forgotten!” 
Owing to my knowledge of anatomy I 
was appointed demonstrator to one of the 
small classes in the dissecting room. Our 
first “subject” was a tall, stalwart Irish- 
man whom we dubbed the Irish Apollo 
owing to his almost perfect form and fine 
physique; evidently he died .suddenly as 
he was not at all emaciated. His teeth 
were remarkable for their whiteness and 
regularity, and closed like a lid of a 
tight-fitting box; but their most peculiar 
feature was a perfectly round hole, one- 
half being between two molars of the 
lower jaw, and the other half between the 
two corresponding molars of the upper 
jaw. There was some speculation as to 
the cause or use of the small opening. I 
happened to observe that the inner sur- 
face of each tooth was as black as ebony, 
and defined the cause; he was an inveter- 
ate smoker, which accounted for the dis- 
coloration; I had seen the same thing 
among some of my old sailor friends. I 
promised to explain the meaning of the 
dental hole at the next session. 
When the class assembled on the fol- 
lov/ing evening I took from my pocket a 
short-stemmed clay pipe and inserted the 
stem into the hole in the teeth which it 
fitted exactly; the mystery was explained. 
The poor fellow, without doubt, was a 
slave to the pipe, and held it between his 
teeth constantly except when eating or 
sleeping. Later, when we came to dis- 
sect his heart, we found certain and con- 
clusive evidences of extensive organic dis- 
eases, and his death, as surmised, was 
very sudden, and the cause, no doubt, was 
said to be heart failure, whatever that 
may mean. 
M y interest respecting the black 
bass had not relaxed, and with 
that matter in view, and in my off 
hours, I looked up a former friend whom 
I knew to be fond of fishing. He con- 
firmed the enthusiastic opinions I had 
heard concerning the gameness of that 
fish, and of its abundance in neighboring 
streams. He also expressed his willing- 
ness to assist me by giving a practical 
demonstration at the waterside of the 
valor, bravery and general good qualities 
of the fish in question, which I knew only 
by hearsay. It was to be my novitiate, 
or first experience, and luckily it "was to 
happen on Independence Day. 
My companion showed me the tackle 
he used to conquer the famous warrior. 
It consisted of a long pliable natural cane 
reed, a single-action reel, a sea-grass line 
of small caliber and a cork float; the 
hooks, as I now remember them, were 
Kirby-bend Limerick about size number 
three. This comprised the outfit in gea» 
