1. | A. D. CRABTRE, M. D., | Frontispiece. |
2. | DR. ANGLICUS PONTO, | 31 |
3. | MISFORTUNES NEVER COME SINGLY, | 33 |
4. | THE MISER OUTWITS HIMSELF, | 38 |
5. | COMMENCING A PRACTICE IN NEW YORK, | 47 |
6. | GRACE BEFORE MEAT, | 48 |
7. | OLD PILGARLIC TAKES A BATH, | 55 |
8. | PROFESSOR BREWSTER, | 55 |
9. | AN INFANTRY CHARGE, | 60 |
10. | THE “FREE PASS” PRESCRIPTION, | 69 |
11. | THE WRONG PATIENT, | 71 |
12. | A CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENCY, | 77 |
13. | UNDER FULL SAIL, | 77 |
14. | “IT’S ALL A HUMBUG,” | 82 |
15. | “BAREFOOTED ON THE TOP OF HIS HEAD,” | 93 |
16. | OLD “SANDS OF LIFE,” | 96 |
17. | REFRESHMENTS, | 98 |
18. | THE EYE DOCTOR, | 103 |
19. | THE YOUNG SURGEON’S FIRST EXPERIENCE, | 105 |
20. | HEALING THE SICK WITH A GOLDEN DOSE, | 111 |
21. | THE PARSON BUYING OFF THE “CONGREGATION,” | 120 |
22. | A JUVENILE BACCHUS, | 122 |
23. | “DON’T YOU OBSERVE THE ARMS OF MRS. MAPP?” | 128 |
24. | THREE WISE STUDENTS CONSULTING A DOCTRESS, | 134 |
25. | “POH! YOU’RE A GIRL,” | 141 |
26. | “HERE WE GO UP-UP-UPPY,” | 148 |
27. | “LOVE AMONG THE ROSES,” | 156 |
28. | THE INQUISITIVE COUNTRYMEN, | 161 |
29. | CURIOUS EFFECTS OF A FEVER, | 171 |
30. | MARRYING A FAMILY, | 173 |
31. | ’OPATHISTS IN CONSULTATION, | 175 |
32. | A “HYPO” PATIENT DISCHARGING HIS PHYSICIAN, | 178 |
33. | TOO MUCH HAT, | 179 |
34. | CONVINCING EVIDENCE OF INSOLVENCY, | 181 |
35. | “AN’ WHO’LL YEZE LIKE TO SEE, SURE?” | 183 |
36. | A BOSTON QUACK EXAMINING A STUDENT, | 189 |
37. | ORNAMENTAL TAIL-PIECE, | 199 |
38. | DR. ABERNETHY IN THE HOSPITAL, | 202 |
39. | AN EXTENSIVE SET, | 205 |
40. | “O, DOCTHER, DEAR, I’VE PIZENED ME BOY,” | 207 |
41. | “LOST MARSER! LOST MARSER!” | 209 |
42. | NOT A STOMACH PUMP, | 213 |
43. | “LOWER TIER, LARBOARD SIDE,” | 217 |
44. | THE FARMER’S ESCAPE FROM THE CHOLERA, | 223 |
45. | TOO MUCH VAPOR, | 224 |
46. | A DRY SHOWER BATH, | 225 |
47. | GRAPES AND WINE, | 226 |
48. | CHARGE, INFANTRY! | 239 |
49. | AFTER THE BATTLE, | 240 |
50. | THE FORTUNE-TELLER’S MAGIC MIRROR, | 244 |
51. | CHILDREN CONSULTING A FORTUNE-TELLER, | 251 |
52. | THE HUNTRESS, | 252 |
53. | THE ONONDAGA FARMER BOY, | 256 |
54. | THE POLITE QUADRUPED, | 265 |
55. | YOUNG ABERNETHY, | 266 |
56. | “PINNY, SIR? JUST ONE PINNY,” | 274 |
57. | THE PENNILESS PHYSICIAN, | 276 |
58. | THE INDIAN WARRIOR, | 277 |
59. | BELIEVERS IN GHOSTS, | 278 |
60. | “HARK! THERE’S A FEARFUL GUST!” | 280 |
61. | A GRAVE SENTRY, | 282 |
62. | A GHOST IN CAMP, | 285 |
63. | OLD NAGLES, | 286 |
64. | THE NAGLES BOYS, | 287 |
65. | CHIEF MOURNERS, | 288 |
66. | THE CORPSE THAT WOULD NOT SMOKE, | 290 |
67. | PREPARE TO DIE, | 293 |
68. | THE BISHOP’S GHOSTLY VISITOR, | 295 |
69. | THE MUSICAL PUSS, | 301 |
70. | A DARKEY BEWITCHED, | 301 |
71. | BOYLSTON STATION, | 303 |
72. | WEIGHING A WITCH BY BIBLE STANDARD, | 305 |
73. | PASSING THE FORT, | 306 |
74. | THE GOD OF RECIPES, | 308 |
75. | SUN-SUNDAY, | 310 |
76. | MOON-MONDAY, | 313 |
77. | TUISCO-TUESDAY, | 313 |
78. | WODEN-WEDNESDAY, | 314 |
79. | THOR-THURSDAY, | 315 |
80. | FRIGA-FRIDAY, | 315 |
81. | SEATER-SATURDAY, | 316 |
82. | GATHERING THE MANDRAKE, | 321 |
83. | “WAITING TO SEE THE IMAGES BOW,” | 323 |
84. | SPORT FOR THE BOYS BUT DEATH TO THE CAT, | 329 |
85. | “WHO-A’-YOO?” | 333 |
86. | THE PROPER USE OF “HOLY WATER,” | 334 |
87. | THE MODEST KISS, | 339 |
88. | HOLDING THE PLOW, | 340 |
89. | THE TUMOR DOCTOR CONTEMPLATES SUICIDE, | 343 |
90. | MARIAM, THE TUMOR DOCTOR, | 345 |
91. | THE SINGING DOCTOR, | 349 |
92. | THE SANATORIAN’S TURNOUT, | 351 |
93. | A NEW SCHOOL OF PRACTICE, | 354 |
94. | A VICTIM OF THE SPANKER, | 355 |
95. | DR. PULSFEEL LEAVING TOWN, | 356 |
96. | THE MUSICAL DOCTOR, | 358 |
97. | ENTHUSIASM, | 359 |
98. | ALL WOOL, | 361 |
99. | CHARITY THROWN AWAY, | 363 |
100. | THE BEGGAR BOY, | 366 |
101. | REMORSE, | 368 |
102. | THE LOST HEIR, | 373 |
103. | A MORNING CALLER, | 375 |
104. | “WHY DID I TAZE YE?” | 376 |
105. | SUCCESS OF TERRY’S COURTSHIP, | 379 |
106. | THE BETRAYED, | 382 |
107. | SAILING INTO PORT, | 385 |
108. | A SAN BENITO PIG, | 388 |
109. | AN OLD ENGLISH CLERGYMAN AND HIS FAMILY, | 390 |
110. | THE KING’S PHYSICIAN AND THE EXECUTIONER, | 393 |
111. | A SLIPPER-Y FEE, | 397 |
112. | A LIVING FEE, | 399 |
113. | STUFFED PETS, | 400 |
114. | A PIONEER OF HOMŒOPATHY, | 403 |
115. | A SHARP MULE TRADE, | 405 |
116. | ORNAMENTAL TAIL-PIECE, | 409 |
117. | PHYSICIAN’S CHARITY, | 411 |
118. | SEARCH FOR A PATIENT, | 412 |
119. | AN ECCENTRIC PATIENT, | 417 |
120. | A WOMAN’S REBUKE, | 417 |
121. | AFRAID OF A POLYPUS, | 418 |
122. | ABERNETHY’S SURGICAL OPERATION, | 420 |
123. | RECKONING A DOCTOR’S FEES, | 424 |
124. | PATIENT NUMBER FIVE, | 425 |
125. | THE ASTONISHED BUTCHER, | 427 |
126. | MODERN IMPROVEMENTS IN DENTISTRY, | 431 |
127. | CHARITY NOT SOLICITED, | 431 |
128. | CAPTURE OF A WALL STREET BULL, | 433 |
129. | DEATH’S FEE, | 436 |
130. | THE AMERICAN SAILOR, | 437 |
131. | MY FIRST LOVE, | 439 |
132. | TEN YEARS LATER, | 441 |
133. | FLIGHT OF THE DOCTOR, | 443 |
134. | THE LOVER AS A PEDDLER, | 447 |
135. | FLIGHT OF THE LOVERS, | 447 |
136. | AN AGED PUPIL, | 453 |
137. | BIRTHPLACE OF GEORGE CRABBE, | 457 |
138. | “POPPING THE QUESTION,” | 460 |
139. | LOVE’S LINKS, | 460 |
140. | THE LION MAGNETIZED, | 466 |
141. | A HARD SUBJECT, | 467 |
142. | GASSNER HEALING “BY THE GRACE OF GOD,” | 471 |
143. | NO LACK OF PATIENTS, | 475 |
144. | “A BOTTLE, A HEN, OR A WOMAN,” | 477 |
145. | EFFECTS OF AN EARTHQUAKE, | 483 |
146. | A BELIEVER SEES HIS GRANDMOTHER, | 483 |
147. | THE CHARMER DIVULGES HER SECRET, | 488 |
148. | “I PERCEIVE YOU ARE IN LOVE,” | 492 |
149. | THE FARMER’S DAUGHTERS, | 494 |
150. | A “HORSE-SLAYER” INDULGING HIS OPINION, | 499 |
151. | NO TIME TO LOSE, | 500 |
152. | BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, | 503 |
153. | DR. HUNTER IN CONSULTATION, | 504 |
154. | THE RUSSIAN GENERAL’S DRILL, | 506 |
155. | WHAT THE ELEPHANT IS LIKE, | 511 |
156. | A DOCTOR’S SOLACE, | 511 |
157. | HOW A LADY PROCURED A VALUABLE PRESCRIPTION, | 525 |
158. | DOSE—ONE QUART EVERY HOUR, | 526 |
159. | PUMPING AN OLD LADY, | 537 |
160. | A DANGEROUS PRESCRIPTION, | 537 |
161. | THE FARMER’S EMBLEMS, | 537 |
162. | THE DYING MESSAGE, | 541 |
163. | STUCK! | 547 |
164. | COMMERCE, | 549 |
165. | A GOOD LIVER, | 551 |
166. | A DOCTOR “KILLING THE DEVILS,” | 555 |
167. | PAYING FOR HIS WINE, | 555 |
168. | A BAR-ROOM DOCTOR, | 555 |
169. | “THE DOCTOR ON A SOW!” | 565 |
170. | RESCUE OF THE DOCTOR, | 565 |
171. | “ONLY IRISH BEER,” | 568 |
172. | CURE FOR THE AGUE, | 569 |
173. | PLAYING THE REEDS, | 570 |
174. | AN EMBRYO APOLLO, | 572 |
175. | THE PILGRIM CHEAT, | 577 |
176. | FRANKLIN’S EXPERIMENTS WITH ETHER, | 585 |
177. | END OF THE WONDERFUL ONE-HOSS SHAY, | 591 |
178. | “MUSIC, THE SOUL OF LIFE,” | 597 |
179. | THE MUSICAL MICE, | 597 |
180. | FOUNTAIN, | 598 |
181. | SIGNS OF CIVILIZATION, | 603 |
182. | SWILL MILK (MAGNIFIED), | 605 |
183. | PURE MILK (MAGNIFIED), | 606 |
184. | WATERED MILK (MAGNIFIED), | 606 |
185. | “WHAT’S IN THE MILK?” | 606 |
186. | A CHAMPAGNE BATH, | 611 |
187. | MOTHER’S MILK—PURE AND HEALTHY, | 612 |
188. | MOTHER’S MILK AFTER DRINKING WHISKY, | 612 |
189. | WAITING FOR ASSISTANCE, | 617 |
190. | A CONFECTIONERY STORE, | 619 |
191. | TARTARIC ACID FOR SUPPER, | 629 |
192. | A STREET CANDY STAND, | 629 |
193. | THE NEWSBOY’S MOTHER, | 630 |
194. | THE IDOL OF TOBACCO USERS, | 634 |
195. | PUNISHMENT OF THE TURK, | 638 |
196. | SMOKERS OF FOUR GENERATIONS, | 639 |
197. | “I WANT A CHAW OF TERBACKER,” | 641 |
198. | YOUNG SMOKERS, | 642 |
199. | EXAMINATION OF THE SMOKER, | 643 |
200. | PURIFYING HIS BLOOD, | 644 |
201. | CLEANSING HIS BONES, | 645 |
202. | THE SMOKER, | 647 |
203. | THE CHEWER, | 648 |
204. | SIGN OF THE TIMES, | 648 |
205. | MY LAZY SMOKING FRIEND, | 650 |
206. | “SHALL I ASSIST YOU TO ALIGHT?” | 653 |
207. | WORK FOR TONGUES AND FINGERS, | 653 |
208. | WHAT KILLED THE DOG? | 657 |
209. | THE NEWSBOY, | 658 |
210. | THE GREAT SURGEONS OF THE WORLD, | 661 |
211. | A CALL ON THE VILLAGE DOCTOR, | 663 |
212. | PHYSICIANS’ COSTUME IN 1790, | 664 |
213. | HOW POOR TOMMY WAS LOST, | 666 |
214. | BRIDGET’S METHOD OF MENDING STOCKINGS, | 667 |
215. | THE UNDERTAKERS’ ARMS, | 671 |
216. | DISPUTE OF THE DOCTOR AND VALET, | 671 |
217. | A WIG MOUSE, | 674 |
218. | THE MYSTERY EXPLAINED, | 675 |
219. | MEETING OF THE DOCTOR AND THE CURATE, | 679 |
220. | DOCTOR CANDEE, | 679 |
221. | A GERMAN BEER GIRL, | 681 |
222. | AN INDIGNANT BRIDE, | 686 |
223. | THE ITCH MITE, | 689 |
224. | THE BURGLAR AND STUDENT, | 693 |
225. | HARVESTED, | 694 |
226. | ASSISTANCE FROM A ROYAL SURGEON, | 696 |
227. | PETER THE GREAT AS A SURGEON, | 697 |
228. | JOB DISCHARGED BY SIR SCIPIO, | 703 |
229. | “BLEED HIM,” | 704 |
230. | A BORROWED WATCH, | 706 |
231. | JOB’S DECISION, | 708 |
232. | SQUASHY’S SURGICAL OPERATION, | 715 |
233. | “WILL YE TAK’ A BLAST, NOO?” | 720 |
234. | REPTILES FROM THE STOMACH, | 722 |
235. | “IT ISN’T CATCHIN’,” | 724 |
236. | FUNERAL OF THE CANARY, | 725 |
237. | MY FRONT STREET PATIENT, | 731 |
238. | A SHOPPING PATIENT, | 733 |
239. | CALL AT THE TENEMENT, | 737 |
240. | THE WIDOW’S OCCUPATION, | 739 |
241. | THE PHYSICIAN AND THE FATHER, | 742 |
242. | THE PETER FUNK PHYSICIAN, | 745 |
243. | VIRTUE, | 747 |
244. | THE FREEDOM OF THE PARK, | 761 |
245. | “IT COSTS NOTHING,” | 766 |
246. | A NATURAL POSITION, | 792 |
247. | AN UNNATURAL POSITION, | 792 |
248. | CORRECT POSITION, | 796 |
249. | INCORRECT POSITION, | 796 |
250. | HOW WASP WAISTS ARE MADE, | 799 |
251. | A CONSUMPTIVE WAIST, | 800 |
252. | NON-CONSUMPTIVE WAIST, | 800 |
253. | A HEALTHY POSITION, | 804 |
254. | POSITION OF ARTERY IN ARM, | 811 |
255. | COMPRESSING AN ARTERY IN ARM, | 812 |
256. | POSITION OF ARTERY IN LEG, | 812 |
257. | THE DOCTOR’S QUEUE, | 816 |