THE CHOLERA OF '82-THE BROADWAY WORKWOMEN-THE YOUNG MOTHER-THE LAST DAY'S WORK-TERRY'S COURTSHIP.
Or all men, the physician is most likely to discover the leading traits of character in his fellow-beings; in no other condition than that of sickness, do they present themselves without those guards upon the countenance and tongue, that an artificial mode of life has rendered indispensable to their comfort, if not their existence, in city life more especially. So universal is this habit of caution and hypocrisy in order to find out and flatter, or at least not to offend the weaknesses of our fellows, that the cunning physician often cultivates it with wonderful success in procuring wealth, and exciting the almost superstitious reverence of his patients for fancied skill. With ordinary powers of observation, and knowledge of the customary symptoms and consequences of the existing disease, and the use of inert medicines and seasonable anticipation and announcement of results he can often foretell with certainty, he soon gets up an envied reputation and secures the luxuries of life: but he never gets