E Pluribus Duo

Dr. Brunton, in an address lately reported in the London Lancet, was cautioning his hearers - the members of a medical society - against hastily expressed opinions as to the nature of patients' diseases, and emphasized his warning by two professional anecdotes. He was once present at a clinic, the subject of which was a man evidently suffering from some disease of the heart. An unnatural murmuring sound could be Tieard from that orgun and the pupil of one of his eyes was very much dilated. The peculiar appearance oi the eye seemed to have some connection with the cardiac affection, but various opinions were expressed by the different students as to what the precise nature of this relation could be. The discussion was just becoming interesting when the patiënt remarked that this strange-looking eye was made of glass! At another clinic the professor in charge was discussing learnedly about the importance of attending to minor symptoms. "Now, gentlemen," he said, "in the case of this woman here, certain things could be confidently affirmed from the condition of her teeth." He was proceeding to particularize, but just then the patiënt broke in upon him. "Please sir," she said, as she took out her teeth,"I will handthem around; the young gentlemen might like to look at them closer."