seems to be
sometimes forgotten, by those who must know the fact, that the tongue is
very different, anatomically and physiologically, from the stomach.
Its condition does not in the least imply a similar one of the stomach,
which is a very different structure, covered with a different kind
of epithelium, and furnished with entirely different secretions. A
silversmith will, for a dollar, make a small hoe, of solid silver, which
will last for centuries, and will give a patient more comfort, used
for the removal of the accumulated epithelium and fungous growths which
constitute the "fur," than many a prescription with a split-footed Rx
before it, addressed to the parts out of reach.

I think more of this little implement on account of its agency in saving
the Colony at Plymouth in the year 1623. Edward Winslow heard that
Massasoit was sick and like to die. He found him with a houseful of
people about him, women rubbing his arms and legs, and friends "making
such a hellish noise" as they probably thought would scare away the
devil of sickness. Winslow gave him some conserve, washed his mouth,
scraped his tongue, which was in a horrid state, got down some drink,
made him some broth, dosed him with an infusion of strawberry leaves and
sassafras root, and had the satisfaction of seeing him rapidly recover.
Massasoit, full of gratitude, revealed the plot which had been formed
to destroy the colonists, whereupon the Governor ordered Captain Miles
Standish to see to them; who thereupon, as everybody remembers, stabbed
Pecksuot with his own knife, broke up the plot, saved the colony, and
thus rendered Massachusetts and the Massachusetts Medical Society
a possibility, as they now are a fact before us. So much for this
parenthesis of the tongue-scraper, which helped to save the young
colony from a much more serious scrape, and may save the Union yet, if a
Presidential candidate should happen to be taken sick as Massasoit was,
and his tongue wanted cleaning,--which process would not hurt a good
many politicians, with or without a typhoid fever.

Again, see how the "bilious" theory works in every-day life here and
now, illustrated by a case from actual life. A youthful practitioner,
whose last molars have not been a great while cut, meets an experienced
and noted physician in consultation. This is the case. A slender,
lymphatic young woman is suckling two lusty twins, the intervals
of suction being occupied on her part with palpitat