.MTM3MQ.MTE2NjE4

upon the distance they may have to go, the circumstances of the party &c - &c - And when cash is scarce, the Merchant Man will be paid in Cows & calves, Horses, pigs, cotton &c - & c- . And it often happens that the Doctor is at the same time made a Planter & Farmer so such payments are equal to money. - I am speaking now of the Medical practice in the interior of Texas. When population shall increase & there be a cash or a heately? note circulation then, the Physician will take his fee & the Druggist dispense the Medicine, as at Galveston, Houston &c. Sometimes the Physician is in a sort of partnership with the Chemist & Druggist.

 With regard to the diseases in Texas, from personal observation, they appear to be very limited. On the coast & along the margins of

184