The first doctor, Dr.
Elliot, had an assistant that used impractical methods to save lives.
The assistant was in his first year out of grad school and one day he
was called to a house where a man was choking on a piece of meat.
The Heimlich maneuver was not yet heard of so the assistant doctor used
whatever he could find. He sliced open the man's throat and
removed the piece of meat. Then, he asked the lady of the house
for a needle and thread and proceeded to sew up the man's throat.
the man lived a long life.
Another time, the
assistant doctor was called to a woman's house because she had fluid in
her lungs and everyone thought she was going to perish. The
assistant doctor took a turkey feather, stripped the feathers from the
quill and cleaned it out. He then rammed the quill into her lung
and drained the fluid thus saving her life. She led a life of
longevity.
Then the assistant doctor
moved to Medicine Hat and helped establish a hospital there. He
became known as a very prominent doctor.
