Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-02-15

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| of an overdose of ehlorate of potash
which she had administered in his cof-
fee upon the previous day, for the pur-
purpose Of testing the strength OF the
drug.
Parkinson's brother felt rs if he would
give thousand dollars for permission
to groan out loud, just once, in the
closet; but nobody vas there 70 accept
such bribe.
Mrs. Parkinson then proceeded To-
''quiz,' the class, concerning the gener-
al make up, l may say, of her husband.
She said, for instance, that she had
won what was called the heart OF Air.
Parkinson, and she asked the students
what it was that she had really woa.
"Why, tire cardia, ofcourse,n. said
| the class; sit is an azygosIs muscle of an
irregular pyramid shape, situated OBJ
| liquely and little to the left side of the
chest, and it rests on the diaphragm"
One fair young thing said that it
didn't rest on the diapragm.
Another C1e said she would bet
quart of paragoric it did, and until the
dispute was settled by the professor,
Parkinson's brothers. hair stood on end
with fear lest they should go to probing
around in Parkinson7s interior with a
buteher-knife and a lantern for the af-
fairs respecting his diaphragm.
/ Mrs. Parkinson continued. She ex-
planned that when she accepted Mr..
Parkinson he seized what he believed
to be her hand, and she required the
tclass to explain what it was that Mr..
Parkinson actually had hold of.
Thestudents replied that the infatua-
ted man held IN his grip twenty-seven
ldistinct bones, among which might be
mentioned the phalanges, the carpus,
land the metacarpHs.
| The beautiful creature, who was in
tcreduious concerning the diaphragm,
lsuggested that he also had hold of the
ldeitoid. But the others scornfuIly sug-
Egested that the deltoid was muscle,
land they knew, because they had dis
lsected one that morning. The discuss
ion became so exciting that thumb-lan-
lcets were drawn and there seemed to
lbe prospect of bloodshed, when the
Iprofessor interfered and demanded of
1.-THE girl who had begun to cry about
ther deltoid, what was the result when
lAIr. Parkinson kissed or.
"Why merely a contraction of the
t0rbicularis oris muscle; thus, said the
tstudent, as she leaned over and kissed
Mr.. Parkinson.
! Parlinson's brother, in the closet,
though may be it WASH tsO very solemn
flor Parkinson after all. He considered
this portion of the exercises in q certain
sense soothing.
; But all the students said il was per
fectly scandaIOus. And Mrs. Parkin-
son herself, after informing the offend
er that hereafter when ILLUSTRATION oI
Iany point in the lesson was needed II
: would be supplied by the professor,
lordered her to goto the foot of the class,
and to learn eighty new bones asa pun
: ishment.
.sDo you hear me, MISS" demanded
the professor, when she.perceived that
that blooming contractor Of the orbicu.
laris oris did not bulge.
sYes,n she said, 81 am conscious of q
: vibration striking against the mem.
, brana tympanum aud being transmit
: ted through the labyrinth until it agi
: tates the auditory nerve which conveys
1 the impression to the brain"
: ''Correct, said che professor. "Then
2 obey me, or 1 will call my biceps anC
-tfiexoTs and scupularis into action and
: put you in your place by force"
Eyes, and we will help her with oul
spinatus and infra-spiralis," exclaimed
: the rest of the class.
l Parkinson's brother in the gloom 0
+ his closet did not comprehend the char
/ acter Of these threats, but he had a va
: que idea that tire life of that lovely
2 young sawbsnes was menaced by fire
1 arms and other engines Of war OF d pc
: culiarly deadly description. He fei
T that the punishment was too severe TO
s the crime. Parkinson himself, he wa
: convinced, would have regarded tha
r orbicularis operation with courageou
; fortitude and heroic composure.
: Mrs. Parkinson then proceeded t.
, give the class practice in certain opera
. tions in medical treatment. She vac
/ cinated Parkinson three or four time
; on the left arm and showed her com
= panions, how to tie up the vein. The.
70 lelapplied leeche5 to his nose, under tn
/ professors instructions; they cuppeI
Il him on the shoulder blades, they eXer
! cised themselves III spreading mustart
. plasters on his back; they timed hi
pulse; they held out his tongue wit
d pincers and examined it with micro
Z scope, and two or three enthusiastic stu
, \ dents kept lowering around Parkin
/ sons leg with a saw and a carving-knif
Ii until ParkinsOn's brother in retiremen
a in the closet felt that if Parkinson ha
forgotten to encase his legs in stove
II pipe or something before he lay dowI
u he would in the future be compelled
/ depend for comfort upon wooden col
II limitations.
N But the professor restrained these d'
= Votees ofscience, and when the other e.
e erUises were ended she informed tn
h students that they would devote fe
!. moments in conclusion to the study {
is the use of the stomach pump.
ID shall not enter into particulars col
al celning the scene that then ensues
IN There is a certain want of poetry abol
k the operation Of the weapon ju
named, a certain absence OF dignit
IL and sentiment which, / may say, rel
M ders it impossible to treat Of the suI
m iecs in a manner which will at once ell
lg vate the soul and touch the moral sens
bilities. It viii suffice to observe tn
k as each member of the class attackt
lg Parkinson with that muTderous engin
II, Parkinson's brother, timid, as be wa
be solemnly declared to himself that if Il
iv class would put away those saws al
ck things he would rush out and reset
ed his brother &c the risk his of life.
al He was saved the necessity of tn
he imperiling his safety. Parkinson begs
S. to revive. He turned over; he sat up;l
rs. stared wildly at thecompany; he look
ler his wife; then sank. back upon the SC
'ly and said to her, in feeble voice:
ne Henrietta, somehow or other fe
N awfully hungry!'
an Hungry! Parkinson's brother co
,a- ~ sidered that, after that performance
,as the class, Parkinson ought to have
ed % relish for a couple of raw buffaIoes,
iIa least. He emerged from the closet, al
aIe seizing chair, determined to tell t
~ whole story. Mrs. Parkinson and t