Spoon River Anthology, Part 49 summary
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In Dr. Siegfried Iseman, a doctor recalls his resolve to practice medicine with Christian goodness, then blames poverty and exclusion for defeating that purpose. He explains that supporting his faith and family becomes unbearable, leading him to make an Elixir of Youth that brings imprisonment and condemnation as a fraud.
What happens
- On receiving his diploma, Iseman resolves to be good, wise, brave, and helpful, bringing Christian faith into medicine.
- He claims that society and other doctors recognize such ideals and deprive him of a living.
- Only poor patients come, and he concludes that medicine is a means of earning money.
- He finds poverty, religious duty, and responsibility for his wife and children too heavy to bear.
- He makes the Elixir of Youth, ends up in the Peoria jail, and faces a federal judge's condemnation.
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