The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-01-27

AN INCIDENT OF THE LATE RE-
BELLION.
'They are bringing the wounded from
the wharf-some Of them have been kept
in Southern prison, pa says, will you
come!'' .52.::fz f. *g.<. :.
Thus, in eager tones, spake the little
daughter Of Assistant Surgeon D., Of
- Hospital, Washington. ,::*. :s.>s=->
y: We responded, by joining ut once the
group of surgeons in the entrance hall.
The sufferers were brought in upon
stretchers. and, as they were carried by,
tho chief surgeon ordered them to such
wards as seemed most suitable for the
particular case. -
Some of the poor fellows were in = fear.
full condition; toes, fingers and limbs
often mass Of corruption. We uttered
kind words to the conscious, and tried to
soften the sternncss of DR.. g., the head
surgeon, by little soothing applications
Of our own.
The hopeless cases were always u.s.
signed to room in the rear of the build.
ing, quite near the dreaded 'tdead house,
This morning it seemed to us the ''hope-
less ward" would receive nearly all of
them; and just as We were thinking how
hard we must labor in order to save some
little token. for the absent friends, CTS
voice reached Us from the upper end Of
the hall; stake him to the rear, hope.
less;' and in \ moment moro We leaned
over stretchcr, wherein tall, broad.
shouldered man lay, whose expression Of
countenancc. as he heard the surgeons
words, shall never forget.
DR.. D., who stood next to us-the
youngest surgeon in the building turned
down the slight COVERING and exposed a
CHASTITY sight: once powerful leg one
mass of decaying matter. The patient
looked toward US, as he saw our plying
chances, and exclaimed in a low tone
which rang through the hall:
"Save me; | have wife and five chill
dren I must not die!'
eve will do all we cam" FASTENED to
say rs the stewards moved on.
':Doctor, would it be possible to save
him?''
Zone chance in thousand" he answer.
ed.
"Lct us try"
"You forgot that am only an assist
ant here, and must obey orders
flew to DR.. g.. ''Can we try to save
that man p I asked.
"Useless; why spend time on such
cases when We are crowded! He must
| de-"
"Let him 60 to my pet ward,' l
decd; ''anywherc but among the hope
less. Please, doctor, as special favor"
| t'Ah. you woman hamper us with your
pleadings !" he answered half.crossly.
''Put him where you please; only don't
ask me to sympathize If he is soon
burried.''
We went back to the kind.hearted
assistant, who stood with his young wife
leaning on his arm.
evil you perform the operation Z"
Eyes if 1 can get PERMISSION to do SO. "
Then came discussion, opposition, a vote
of the staff, and after much trial the poor
fellow. was carried into the amputation
room.
CDR. D. must take entire charge Of the
casc," said G., with shrug of the should
ers. ''It is nonsensica', and / will have
nothing to do with it,"
The operation was performed in the
most skilllul manner we were told, and
DR.. D. said to US eff ever 1 prayed in
my life did then. Not one encouraged
me. They voted to please you, in my
favor, aud I gave myself up entirely to
the work in hand and went on now if he
will only live.''
''Our man. gained wonderfully. Never
did we feed a patient on brandy and
water with more eagerness. G. stood by
US, saying 1.-THE end is not yet
DR.. D. came to request our presence in
the dead house'-he would like to
show us the remains Of the limb We
looked on calmly as he took lit" from
the pile in the corner ard listened in \
dreamy way to an account Of the diff
Guilty, science. transverse something's
but all the time we were hearing:' -
''Save me! have wife and five chill
dren !; l must not die:''
Doctor" said /, ''if he lives, you
have saved him, and that is worth living
for.''
"You saved him, replied the doctor.
mo one else would have gained permits.
sion for such an operation; and then
and there we called him tour man.
He gained slowly but steadily, and VIC
left him to take our place as patient, only
to hear on our recovery that ''our man.
had gone home to his family. If his eye
should rest on this paper, he will doubt.
less remember who held up the doctors
little daughter for him to kiss, becaus
"she was so like his own"
As for DR.. D., We are quite sure he is
doing good somewhere; and should he
read this he will learn how much he was
honored for his bravery. For young
practitioner to face the opposition Of al
his associates is no trifle; but to perform
a difficult and peculiar operation, with
critical eyes upon one, with only one
chance in a thousand of saving life, is
evidence of q noble heart as we'll as a
clear head.
| CHURCH CATS.
A church is divided into tive parties.
What one likes the other abhors. They
feel it their duty to stick to it. In the
devotional meeting they pray at each
Others inconsistencies, hoping that the
prayer will 60 to heaven, but by the way
of Deacon Rafferty's pew just stopping a