Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-11-10

performed it myself, and the patient
died. Had my patient recovered, such
a recovery would then, I believe, have
been without precedent. But the graft
fcation to myself of having performed
the first successful operation, would not
have been greater than is my gratifca-
ton now at having under my care case
which will, [ believe, recover, and whose
recovery will be due, without doubt, to
the prompt and slxillful action of a st.
Michael's student, my own house-sur-
geon, Mr.. Adams" ..a9 gg.i.5
Adams" was the general comment.
Adams pretended to be writing notes;
but there was not one of us who would
readily have suffered "ploughing" In
our "final college to gain such word
from Carver Smith.
And now my fair readers, if you will
turn to the clinical report of the cele-
brated case in the pages of the Lancet,
somewhere about March 1S-, you will
find it stated that "after this point the
case presents no features of special in
terest; convalescence was rapid, and the
patient was discharged cured on the
forty-seventh day after admission. /
therefore give you fair notice that you
may lay down this record here and not
read any further unless Won like.
/ Yes; she recovered rapidly; and
prettler and prettier she grew as she got
better. She talked very little, and said
nothing at all to help her Identification
Inquiry was fruitless, even though the
case got into the newspapers. The in
terest among the students increased
daily. 1t was reported that she was an
| helress who had quarrelled with her
guardian; that Adams was madly lii love
with her; that she was waiting for him
to propose, and then would marry off
hand; that Adams knew all about her,
but kept it snug. And then the men
got to chatting him i'll a mild sort of way,
wanting to know the estate of the
heart +" and the chances of .'union by
first Intention" But Adams was i'm
penetrable. Personally, L am inclined
to think thai whatever the condition of
his patients heart might be, he was a
little affected in that region. She was
evidently very fond of him, and liked no
one but him to dress the wound. Still
the mystery increased.
At last one afternoon [ was sitting in
Adams room i'll leisure interval, when
lady's card was brought in. It had
deep black border, and bore the inscrip-
ton: ''Mrs Stead, The Cedars." She
wished to see Mr.. Adams. Immediately
afterwards, the lady was shown in.
Adams motioned me to stay. She was
fine, tall woman of fifty, dressed in deep
mourning, with hair just turning gray,a
firm mouth, soft, keen, gray eyes, and
face combining intellect and kindness.
Have the pleasure of speaking to
Mr.. Adams?" she said. He bowed.
She then produced paper which gave
an account of our famous case and of the
part Adams had played in it.
"May [ inquire whether this patient
is still in the hospital? Can [ see her?"
eyes; certainly. Would the lady be
able to identify her? Would it not be
better for the patient to see the card
first, to avoid sudden excitement; that is,
If the lady's visit were likely to cause ex-
citement?"
Perhaps it would be better to take
up the card, and say that Mrs. Stead de-
sires to see her."
Wonderfully calm and self-possessed
the lady seemed to us; and yet she could
not entirely suppress some signs Of emo
ton or excitement. She said that i'll
ness i'll her family had prevented her
from seeing the papers for some time, or
she would probably have been here be-
fore.
l took the card up and showed it to the
patient. She turned very pale, then
buried her face III her pillow and burst
into tears
"Sohall the lady come up?'' said
[ thought she sobbed out eyes"
The visitor came up. Slowly and
calmly she walked up the ward. The
news had somehow got about, and sew
eral of the men found that they had bust
ness in that part of the hospital just
then. The lady stood by the bed, and
said softly. elizabeth 90
The girl looked up, and their eyes met.
One glance at that face was enough.
eyes, said the lady; &c [ can identify
her."
cit is your daughter 90 asked Adams.
CIT is my cook, " said the lady-Eliza-
beth Saunders"
[ think [ said that L only once saw
Adams considerably discomposed, and
that was on the present occasion.
Thought name was Stead"
he said, and his eyes rested on pocket
handkerchief lying on the pillow. The
lady's eyes followed his, and a slight
smile played on her features.
Yes it was even so. The acute scien-
tiic observer, the far sighted young
surgeon, famed for his diagnostic acu-
men, had seen through his case; but not
through his patient. It turned out that
the girl, being remarkably good-looking,
and having acquired, from previous
situation in a nobleman's family, very
correct way Of speaking and some very
ladyish manners, was fond of dressing
up in her holidays, and frequenting
places of amusement, where she usually
attracted a good deal of attention. Her
mistress having been called away from
home to nurse a sick relative, had al |
lowed her servant to go, as she thought, |
to visit her parents in the country; but |
the girl, having her wages in her pocket,