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Mistah Durbena Hone: Patterson, Ark.
Volume 1, entries 3091. Source context: THE DOCTORS AT WORK: REPORTS FROM LAYMEN → MORE DOCTORS DESCRIBED BY LAYMEN. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 3091
If yo' got a spell of sickness an' yo' jis' don't feel right atall - if somebody have did somethin' to yo' an' yo' cain't be satisfied - yo's on a worry, yo' jis' worryin' an' yo' jis kinnot be satisfied. Well, now, if yo' don't - understan' ah have been lak dat. Some- one have had me worried and ah jis' couldn't be satisfied an' didn't know mah trouble an' ah wus drowsy an' ah didn't know anythin' tuh do. Well, ah went tuh Mistah Durbena Hone ovah heah in Patterson, Arkansas, an' he tole me whut de mattah, an' got it offa me an' ah been all right evah since.
(Was he a colored man or white?)
Yes, he's: a colored man.
(What did he tell you to do?)
He didn't tell me tuh do anythin'. He jis' had me tuh [demonstrates] put mah han's on his han's, an' den he had me lay mah han' on some papah lak dat, an' he jis' rubbed it lak that - wrote on it lak dat.
(He outlined your fingers with a pencil.)
Wit a pencil. An' so he tole me, "Go, heah on an' ever'thin' be all right." An' ah did, an' ever'thin' was all right.
(Did he do anything to that hand after that?)
He didn't do nuthin to it, jis' had me lay it dere. [For another outlining of hand, see HAND - HANDSHAPED, p.583.]