Identifier: funnysideofphysi01unse (find matches)
Title: The funny side of physic : or, The mysteries of medicine, presenting the humorous and serious sides of medical practice. An exposé of medical humbugs, quacks, and charlatans in all ages and all countries
Year: 1874 (1870s)
Authors: Crabtre, A. D.(Addison Darre)
Subjects: Medicine Medicine Quacks and quackery Quackery
Publisher: Hartford, The J. B. Burr publishing co.
Contributing Library: Yale University, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
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ber-nethy. Who the other boy was is not known, as henever made his mark in after life. Says Dr. Macilwain, — We can quite imaginea little boy, careless in hisdress, not slovenly, how-ever, with both hands inhis trousers pockets, somemorning about the year1774, standing under thesunny side of the wall atWolverhampton School;his pockets containing, per-haps, a few shillings, somehapence, a knife with thepoint broken, a pencil, to-gether with a tolerably ac-curate sketch of OldRobertsons wig, — whicharticle, shown in an ac-credited portrait now be-fore us, was one of thoseyoung abernethy. enormous by-gone bushes, which represented a sort of impenetrable fence around thecranium, as if to guard the precious material within ; thesaid boy just finishing a story to his laughing companions,though no sign of mirth appeared in him, save the least curlof the lip, and a smile that would creep out of the corner ofhis eye in spite of himself. The doctor was represented as being a passionate man.
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OLD SQUEEHS. 2G7 Squeers again! One day young Aberncthy had to dosonic Greek Testament, when his glib translation arousedthe suspicion of the watchful old doctor-, who discovered thecrib1 in a Greek-Latin version, partially secreted under theboys desk. No sooner did the doctor make this discoverythan with his doubled fist he felled the culprit with one blowto the earth. Squeers again ! Why, what an old plagiarist Mr. Dickens must havebeen ! yen exclaim. But the case in Nicholas Nickleby is worse, far worse,for the little boy sitting on the trunk only sneezed. Hallo, sir, growled the schoolmaster (Squeers),whats that? Nothing, sir, replied the little boy. Nothing, sir ! exclaimed Squeers. Please, sir, I sneezed ! rejoined the boy, trembling tillthe little trunk shook under him. O, sneezed, did you? retorted Mr. Squeers. Thenwhat did you say Nothing for, sir? In default of a better answer to this question, the littleboy screwed a couple of knuckles into his eyes, and beganto cry; wheref

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