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The first prescription is active, and is to clear the gland
itself, and the biliary ducts, of the excretory accumulation; and the
second is exhibited to promote a healthy normal habit in that important
part of the vascular system."
"What, then, it is not Hyperaemia?"
"Hyperaemia? There is no such disorder in the books."
"You surprise me," said Mrs. Dodd. "Dr. Osmond certainly thought it was
Hyperaemia." And she consulted her little ivory tablets, whereon she had
written the word.
But meantime, Dr. Short's mind, to judge by his countenance, was away
roaming distant space in search of Osmond.
"Osmond? Osmond? I do not know that name in medicine."
"Oh, oh, oh!" cried Julia, "and they both live in the same street!" Mrs.
Dodd held up her finger to this outspoken patient.
But a light seemed to break in on Dr. Short. "Ah! you mean Mr. Osmond: a
surgeon. A very respectable man, a most respectable man. I do not know a
more estimable person--in his grade of the profession--than my good
friend Mr. Osmond. And so he gives opinions in medical cases, does he?"
Dr.


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