HE treated me for mumps, did the blessed Dr. Stumps,
He treated me for measles when my soul was in the dumps;
And without a shade of question he improved my indigestion…
Miss Sophronia’s Cure
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Monthly Archives: June 2021
The Old Doctor
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They’ve got a new man down hyere
At Mason’s Cove, thet ‘s young
An’ got a heap o’ I’amln’
An’ quite a ‘ily tongue…
On Aufidius
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AHUM’ROUS fellow in a tavern late,
Being drunk and valiant, gets a broken pate -,
The surgeon with instruments and skill…
The General Practitioner
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HE must not walk his rounds for fear his patients think him poor,
And dearly do they love to see a carriage at their door;
And if his horse is fat, “He must have little work to do…
In Hospital: Scrubber
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She’s tall and gaunt, and in her hard, sad face
With flashes of the old fun’s animation
There lowers the fixed and peevish resignation…
The Doctor’s Window
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Whatever changes there may greet your eyes,
Let not your looks proclaim the least surprise;
It ‘s not your business by your face to show
All that your patient does not want to know…
To Dr. (Afterwards Sir Edward) Wilmot
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WITH doubtful strife, Humanity and Art
For conquest vie in Wilmot’s head and heart.
On his loved son Apollo did bestow…
In a Dissecting Room
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SIGHTLESS eyes half closed beneath
Long, black lashes curling yet;
Wavy locks the pale face wreathe
With the salty drops still wet…
Ode to a Doctor
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THE Doctor comes, and quick prescribes;
And then, when we are better,
He sends a bill that reads like this…
For Ye Student Men. The Student’s Alphabet
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Oh, A was an artery, filled with injection;
And B was a brick, never caught at dissection.
C were some chemicals, lithium and borax;
D played the deuce with the bones of the thorax.