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Martin Kaufman, PhD

JAMA. 1970;212(1):144.

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The philosophical and entertaining Mr. Dooley, created by the Chicago humorist, Finley Peter Dunne, was one of the most interesting characters in the history of American comedy. Constantly commenting upon some timely topic, Dooley's Irish dialect revealed in wit and sarcasm the foibles of human nature. To some extent, Mr. Dooley was only mouthing the real sentiments of the public, a fact which made his remarks even more pertinent. In 1901, Harper's Weekly Magazine published Mr. Dooley's comments "On the Practice of Medicine" (45:698). In this short and amusing article, Finley Peter Dunne delightfully detailed the effects of the various developments in medical thought, and the popular reaction to the attempt of medicine to move from a rather haphazard art to a well-defined science.

Dooley began by telling his friend Hennessey about the Christian Scientists who were beginning to practice medicine around the turn of the century. When a . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From the Department of History, Westfield State College, Westfield, Mass.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to Department of History, Westfield State College, Westfield, Mass 01085 (Dr. Kaufman).

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