American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-05-22

: that basket there is diiapidated monk
ey--arm fractured"
J "Delightfulp exclaimed the doctor
: cit is charity patient" added.
. MY practice, exactly" responded tn
doctor.
"Well, Ambrose" chimed in my wife
, eve leave the case with you. 1 am go
ing to bed"
"And 1, too," 1 added. "Call me VI
: if you want anything"
STOP" cried the doctor; "are 20,
heathensl Sister, the keys of your med
icine chest-and all your old band
boxes. You, sir" and he addressed me
give me your old skate-straps and you
glue-pot."
"Are we Brahmins, that we should
keep a monkey hospital?" asked my
wife.
"I should not be surprised if we
WERE" the doctor replied. 1--WE arc
Ayrans, and at last an atavism or pen
chant for our ancestral type is simply
asserting ITSELF"
Stuff" replied my wife, and marched
forthwith to bed.
DR.. Parry took the basket with the
monkey in it to his office-and followed
him.
pasteboard from your wife's hat-boxes
build a fire and get your glue-pot on the
boil" said the doctor authoritatively.
You are not going to stick Moses to-
gether, are your" / inquired.
"NOw listen, oh, my brother" said DIR.
Parry, assuming the pose and manner of
a lecturer. al will commence by saying
that this novel case will develop not only
miracles of the healing art but will give
you an insight into those ingenious me-
chanical devices which the inventive
| mind of the true surgeon improvises.
Assistant, request the patient to ap-
proach; or, in palmer terms, bring on
your monkey"
"That is decidedly COOL" 1 replied.
81 respectfully decline. You have en-
tire charge of the case"
| "Surgery," continued the doctor, has
its perils. We will then introduce
Moses ourselves" Saying this he cut the
cord which held down the lid of the
basket where Moses was ensconced
Then, leaning with one hand on the edge
| of the basket, he continued: "There
must always exist certain degree of
confidence between the patient and his
surgeon-kind words, gentleness, assur-
ance of benefits 20 be conferred, tend to
calm irritability. Here, Mosesl Mosesl
good boy! We are going to try and make
1.-the and free in your native wilds.'
Saying this, DR.. Parry introduced his
hand carefully into the basket. There
| was first a whimper, then q chatter, and
last snap" "Confound itr' cried the
doctor, bounding into the middle of the
room, " the rascal has bitten me. For
tunately my coatsleeve has got the best
of it. Anyhow, it shows quite palpably
| the vitality, the vivacity of the patient.
Assistant, fasten that sponge to the end
| of my cane there and pour chloroform
plentifully on it." did as l was directed
Then DIR. Parry carefully opened the lid
of the basket and applied the sponge in
side. There was a terrible row in that
basket-the bobbing up and down of q
black head, the exhibition of some very
white teeth, and then all was still. ut
of chloroform and five minutes to chic
reform monkey. There he is, sleeping
like an infant, with a gentle thoracic
movement All! Here is an important
fact for publication. You may chloro-
form a monkey all over, save his tail, and
that defies, apparently, the power of
anasthetics." Hereupon the doctor took
out Moses carefully, who showed no
signs of life, and placed him on the table,
taking tape-line from his pocket, re-
questing me to note down certain figures,
which he commenced calling off as fol
lows: Around the neck, % inches; from
the shoulder to hip, 104 inches; around
the chest, lot; arm, st; length of arm,
15a; waist, IL inches; tail, 1 foot 3 /; no,
it's four-I give up the tail. That will
do, you tailor's apprentice. Fracture be-
tween elbow and wrist, besides a bad
bruise in the lumbar re gion. Assistant,
could you pull out his tongue? You
would rather not? Then I will Good.
toms, liver complaint. / ought TO find
some new monkey disease here, for you
know that some one has said that the
science of medicine does not exist in
order to cure diseases, but there are dis
eases in order that there should be a sci
ence of medicine"
" Is this case grave one" asked.
Certainly, for a monkey, when every
thing runs into consumption. Now,
joking aside, put him back and help me-
Thereupon the doctor skillfully made a
whole series of splints out of the paste
board, adding to it bits of wood, and
very shortly had built up a complete set
of paper armor. Parts were mOistened
in water to shape them, and dried on the
spots and smcared with the hot glue.
Presently the work was done, and now
Moses gave signs of life again. at is
lard" said the doctor, "but we must
chloroform that monkey again. 1t is the
second dose l am more afraid of, but
here goes" The second application was
made in smaller quantity, but was even
more rapid in its effect upon the monkey.
In a minute more the armor was all in
place, strapped on the monkey, and he
looked like a goblin crusader. There
are so many things which have to do
with any peculiar organisms" said DR..
Parry, as he was about laying poor Moses
again in his basket, "that we should re-
call what Mr.. Mills says, to-wit: That
the existence of date tree, lion 1--WE
may add even of performing monkey,
is the joint result of many natural laws
physical, chemical, biological, and
even astronomical 1t is, therefore, the
surgeons duty to allow no loop-hole for
escape. Pray observe the patients tail.
See how it still undulates. We will tuck
it up gracefully, give it this daub of glue,
and secure it to his waist-band, other
wise he might use it in an involuntary
way prejudicial to the case
The history of that monkey and of his
convalesccnce and ultimate recovery
would require too long tire to narratc
For two whole nights DIR. Parry sat up
with The patient. More than once chic
reform had to be given Moses, with an
application of new bandages. Maybe
Moses had more lives than IA cat, Tut he
eventually came round. Once on the
mend his recovery was surprisingly
rapid. Advantage having been taken of
his well known kleptomaniac instincts,
it was only necessary to pretend to hide
from him the medicine we wanted him
to take in order to get him to steal it
and swallow it. Dr. Parry gave him
phosphates, for the Strengthening of his
brain, in large quantities. The first