Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1867-05-15
QUEER PATIENT.

The Paris correspondent of the Phil
adelphia Sunday Dispatch, gives the fol-
lowing account of a dilemma aeelebrated
doctor was placed in recently
DIR. Lemoine is one Of the most court
Iy and affable of the physicians here
whose talents have won them fortune and
fame. A few days ago he was called
upon by an athletic, ruddy parsonage,
who certainly seemed IN no individual
need of the distinguished doctors ad-
vice; the latter, too, in kind effort to
reassure his embarrassed visitor, address
ed him with his usual pOliteness and con-
| descensiOn.
"Monsieur, am the proprietor Of a
menagerie, said the square shouldered
man, E'and one of my children is sick"
Exactly, my friend. OfWhat nature
is the diseaseW
''He ran a splinter into his thigh it
is very ugly, Monsieur, but rich enough
to pay we'll. "
Every we'll, my man. replied the doc
tor, unable to suppress a smile at the
simplicity of his visitor eve will talk
of that after awhile. Tell me exactly
what is the matter with your child.
"Monsieur, this splinter has festered
in his thigh, and he will letnO one touch
it; he is head-strOng-for all he is very
gentle. 1t will be necessary, 1 know, to
perform a slight operation, but he is so
violent and head-strong about it. ..
"Leave his violence to me. How old
is hep ~ J.-T..
"Four years only. But I am afraid
he will bite or scratch youifyOu attempt
to touch it. You must administer chic
roform." ...- .....-.. .....
"Not at all, mygood man, Your child
can not be very dangerous in the exer-
else of his temper. ifhe is only four years
old"
sBut he is large for his age
''No, no, I will 60 with you to see
your boy. Itwere folly to administer
chlOroform in such a case"
"But, Monsieur, you do not know him
so well as l." continued the man impOr-
tunately. ''I pray, I beseeoh you to take
the chloroform, ali the same, in caseyOu
should need it."
To dispel the anxieties of the nervous
athlete, DR.. Lemoine carried with him
the required an@sthetie, and, after a
short course in a v0tture, arrived at the
house of the beast tanner. Entering
room adjoining the exhibition arena,
which was half kitchen and half stable,
the doctor looked around for the suffer
ing patient.
II have put him up stairs, doctor,
where the poor fellow would be undis-
turbed by the performance. Ascend
with me, please" "
They mounted half ladder, half
staircase, to a kind of loft. The doc
tor having entered, the Snowman follow
ed, and closing the door behind him,
quickly locked it. The former, turning
in some surprise atthis strange proceed
ing to his conductor, was saluted with
low growl from the extreme corner of
the room. He then fixed his attention
upon the source of this~unkindly greet
ing, and deserted a full grown lion slow
Iy approaching them, with an unques
tionably wicked and menacing snarl upon
his countenance The dompteur grew
pale andwhen he headdressed some sooth-
ing brute language to the animal, his
voice trembled The doctor was not
only CHASTITY pale, but was covered with
a cold sweat.
''For Gods sake, doctor, be quick !"
whispered the beast tanner, hoarsely,
"He- is ugly to-dayl"
Still showing his white teeth, the lion
slowly crouched in that attitude which
the physician had so often observed the
same species assume preparatory to a
spring, in the Sardin des Plants. He
had need then of self-pOssessiOn, and,
collecting all his energies, he dashed the
chloroform which he held in the ami
mails face. The latter recoiled, and in
a moment after began to droop under
the effects of the drug. This enabled
still further administration Of it, till he
was finally stretched pOwerless before
them. The operation required was then
made upon the wound, and the proper
restorative applied.
NelGner Ine uOCUOI uOI SuOW HAL , pOAS
word until they had descended the
steps, and stood safely in the room be-
low
Monsieur, said the donspteur, "you
have saved, by your wonderful presence
of mind, life whose value is incalcula-
BILE to me. Permit me to give you your
fee. And he handed the other hun
dred franc note.
"Thank you, Mons. DOmpteur," re-
piled the physician, receiving the salts
factory fee, "and when again you have
need Of my services for a similar case, 1
pray you"
Il will certainly call you il"
ssNo, no-tO summon some other mem