[Joachim, the Father of Mary, is sometimes represented as holding
in his hand a basket with two turtle doves in it.--See _Die
Attribute der Heiligen_, &c., Hanover, 1843.]
_Quack._--Why are certain members of the medical profession so called? I
have seen "in print" that the Egyptian hieroglyphic for a doctor was a
_duck_. Does this afford a clue?