The Red Cloud chief., 1879-12-25
lege. There is a clinic tomorrow.
want 10 attend it,"

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expressed, as politely a possible.
my astonishmcnt at so extraordinary 2
fancy on the part Of a young lady, and
limited At the scandal which her appear.
ance in the amphitbeaier would create
She immediately offered Ia disguise her.
self IN male attire. explained that tn.
nature Of the relations between TN,
medical college and the patients who
consented To submit to surgical treat.
ment before the class Were such that ii
would he a dishnnorablc thing for me e.
%conniyc at the admission Of any outsider,
male or female. That argument made
no impression upon her mind. ! wa
forced Ia decline pcremptorily Ia serve
her in the affair. Very WE'LL she said.
a. must find some other way"
At the clinic the ncxt day | took pains
to satisfy myself that Miss Borgicr had
not surrcptitiou-ly intruded. The stu
dents Of the class ans in AT the hour,
noisy u careless n usual, and seated
themselves in the lower tiers If chairs
around the operating table. They pro-
duced their notebooks and began tn
sharpen lca~d-pcncils. Miss Borgi.r
was certainly not among them. Every
face in the lecturc-room was familiar
To me. | locked the door that
opened into the hallway, and then
searched the antc-roOm on the other
side of the anphitheater. There were "A
dozen or more patients, nervous and de
Icctcd, waiting for treatment and at
tended by friends hardly less frightened
than themselves. But neither Miss Bor-
gier nor any body resembling Miss Bor-
gier was of the number.
DIR. Mack now bri,kly entered by his
private door. He glanced sharply n
the table on which his instruments were
arranged, ready for use, aud, having
assured himself that every thing Wa in
its place, began the clinical lecture,
There were the usual minor operations
two or three for strabiSmus, one
for cataract, the cXciSion If several CiSts
and tumnrs, large and small, the am
p~utatiun of "A railway brakrman'S crush
ed thumb. ASthc eases We're disposed
of, ! attended the patients back Ia the
ante-room and placed them in the care
of their friends.
Last came Il poor old lady, named
Wilson, whose leg had been drawn up
for years 10y "A rheumatic affection, 80
that the Joint of the knee had osSiiied.
II WAS one of those cases where the ne
cesSary treatment is almost brutal in It's
simplicity. The limb had TO be- straight
rmcd 10y the application of main force.
Mrs. Wilson ob%>tinatcly refused Ia take
advantage of an:r>thcSia. She was
placed on her back upon the operating
table, with u pillow beneath her head.
The ~gcniculatcd limb showed a dctlcc-
ton of ~ or - degrees from a right
line. As already remarked, this de
Election had la bc corrected 10y direct,
forcihlc pressure downward upon the
knee.
With the assistance of a young sur
gcon of great physical strength, DR..
Mack proceeded to apply this pressure.
The operation l. one of the most cNcru-
chatting that can Ice imagined. | was
stationed at the head of the patient, in
order t" hold her shoulders, should she
struggle. I;ut | observed that a marked
change had come over her since "" cS-
tabliShcd her upon the table. Very
much a@itatcd AT first, she had become
perfectly calm. As she paSsivcly lay
there. her eyes directed upward with Il
fixed gaze, the cyclidS heavy Is if with
approaching Slumbcr, the face tranquil,
il WAS hard ia realize that this woman
had already crossed the threshold of IN
experience of cruel pam.
had no time, however, 10 give more
than a thought TO her wonderful cour-
age. The harsh operation had begun.
The surgeon and his assistant were
steadily and with increasing force bear
ing down upon the rigid knee. Per
hapS the Spanish InquiSition never de
viScd a method of intlicting physical
torture more intense than that which
this woman was now undergoing, Yet
not Il muscle of her face quivered. She
hrcathcd easily and regularly, her
features retained their placid expression,
and, ri the moment when her SuffcringS
must have been the most agonizing, |
SAW her eyes close, rs if i'll peaceful
sleep.
Al the same instant the tremendous
force cxcrtcd upon the knee produced
its natural effect. The oSsiticd Joint
Welded, and. with a Sickcning noise
the Understandable sound If the crunchin~
and @ritting of the bones of a living per-
son, a sound 50 fri-htful that | have
seen old surgeons, with senSibiliiieS
hardened by long experience, turn pale
ut hearing 1.-THE crooked limb became
rs straight as itS mate.
CLOSELY following this horrible sound,
| heard a ringing peal of laughter.
The operating table, in the middle of
the pit of the amphitheatcr, wa lighted
from overhead. Directly above the ia
ble Il shaft. five or six feet square, and
closely boarded on lis -four sides, led up
through the attic story of the building
la a skvli@ht in the roof. The shaft was
:" deep and So narrow that It's upper
o%rilicc was visible from no part of the
room except a limited space immediate
" around the table. The laughter
which startled me seemed To come from
overhead. If heard by any other per-
son present, j, was probably aScribcd 10
an hyStcrical uiterauce on the part of
the patient. | was in a position To know
better. InStinctively | glanced upward,
in the direction in which the eyes of
Mrs. Wilson had been So tiXcdly bent.
There. framed in a quadrangle of blue
ShN, L SiN INC ilttu till ifth vi MISS
B6rgicr. The sash of the Skylight had
been removed. To afford ventilation.
The Young woman was evidently lying
ut full length upon the flat roof. She
commanded a perfect view of all that
was done upon the operating table. Her
face WIS flushed with eager interc>t,and
wore an expression of innocent wonder,
not unmingled with delight. She nodded
mcrrilv Ia me when | looked up, and
laid a finger against her lips, As if to
warn me Ia silence. Disguised, | with
drew my eyes hastily from hers. In
deed, after my experience of the pre-
viou> evening, Ibid not care TO trust my
self-control under the influence of her
gaze.
A DIR. Mack with his sharp scissors
cut the end of 4 linen baudagc, he wills
pered TO me: This is without a par
allel. not a sign of Syneopc. no trace of
functional disorder. She has dropped
quietly into healthy sleep during an in
fiction of pam that would drive strong
man mad"