Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-11-18
A REALLY GOOD CASE.
A Legend of ST. NJ chai's Hospital



Loud0n hospitals. |, Is situated quite IL
tne heart OF TIE city and IS tout, qaidis-
tan from LONDON Is lnge, Westminster,
Cover street, Smlthfeld zUd Whitechapel
| Was a student there, and there the nap
piest days OF my ilte were passed. And
now Ia my story.
A large number OF the students had
gone Gown Tor the short CHRISTMAS vacs-
aion, aud | should have gone also, but
wac lust then "dresserp 10 Carver smith,
ana could not leave town; moreover !!
WAS my week OF resi- fence. | must beg
OF sou to remfm Der, WHIST is perhaps but
little understood by The general pubic
that large psrt OF the watch NJ and care,
and certain Proportion also oi the treat.
meml Of hospital patients, deyOye upon
assistants selected tram the senior stu
denis. Some OF the ies3 important, such
as the "dfesseTshlps," are held uy every
student In turn; but th3 more responsible
Offices, some of which require twelve
months residence 10 the hospital, can
only be gained by & few men eAcd year;
and Tor these appointments which are es
TENED positions OF great trust and honor,
and which are exceedingly valuable IS
stepping stones 10 Professional success
there Is very Eeen competition. On the
the surgical side OF tle hospital each OF
che four vlsi ing surgeons nst a resident
house surgeon, AMI to be ST. Carver
Smiths I'll 5" Was one Of the highest
ambitions OF s.. Nike tor Sir Cary
was st that lime one oi the leading EGG
lish surgeons,
A man named George Adams held the
post a this time; and ~ he is the hero OF
my story, go Tar "a ! have nero, | will
iust say q wOfd about nm. lie was one
OF those men that We occasionally meet
with. who seem 10 stand head and shout
IeTs above their tellows-.very quiet and
reserved, and when ne chose, quiIe IN
scru,abe No oae knew where Ia, came
lrom, But his very great ability, hi,
camnls IS 10 81 emer gences-i ucver SAN
him scompOsed bat once--hij mature
judgment, aud his great kindness, won
him the respect alike OF the Students, he
nuIslug staff and the surgeons Under
HIM were touy drsssers, junior men, who
assisted ia the hospital under his dlrec
fiun ! Vas one Of them. T. Oh week one
OF Ia 10 turn resided 10 The hospital; ard
as / said, Christmas week iell to my turn,
ana that IS how | came TO spend Chrlet
mas ia St M!chAeI's. | ought to add
that there wer5 four assistau surgeons 10
out patient department, and II WAS only 10
the absence OF the visiting surgeons that
they bad any duty 10 perform.
Well, 1t was Christmas night, and our
work for the day WAS done, except some
late visits to the wares by.snd by; and OF
course Any casualties that might turn up
But Christmas day is usually pretty slack
In that respect 1t Is medical ratA,r than
surgical casualties that Christmas day
produces. We had got up Ia honor oi the
&ay little entertainment IN an empty
weird, tor any OF the hospital inmates who
Cared 10 attend and were aole 10 do 50.
We had a famous little pr gram ne.
. le or two residents could play and slug
wei another had curious facility III
whisthng To the piano. another WAS al
amaDcur ventrlltq list and prestdlgita-
teur; and lanoy there were also some
reciations and tableaux to come oil
Also, there was one OF the patients, an
old sailor, who could sing In grand,
rich stentoran bArytone and bring down
the house. Oar Chsirman-Adams, OF
course had Just began, and was deliver
aug himself in a semi serious way OF some
Vtry eloquent remarks, amidst great ap.
plause Tor n0thing peaseS The lower
classes better than few oratOrical flour
i-hes--Nuen "tinkle, tlnSle, tinkie, tink le'
went D small, high pitched, tmperious bell
1t Was the accident helli
Oh, sc lay m2rtals, ye little know how
ane social sud domestic l'ys OF medl'
sal man are al the mercy OF q bill We
ipvl,c our friends 10 tea, We welcome
them and anticipate pleasant evening,
and--lAere goes the bell We come
nome ired and wet, change boots for
slippers, snd get comfortably by the IRE
side, and-tnere goes tho bell! We turn
Into bed en- aCold night, aud just get warm
aud suuE when-thCEg goes the bolil My
bell experience began mat night AZ 81
Mlchael's. and shall not soon forget IL,
IL was SIR Csyver's taking IN week"
and his assistants had To attend to the &c.
cldeuts Adams nodded to me, and of /
went 10 investigate, Knowing lhatlt might
be- anything from cut ringer to railway
q nash. | found 81 scene OF cons dera0le
excitement n the accident room. Two
policemen, aided by crossing sweeper
aud caoman, had just brought In .
patient, and some other spectators had
pushed taeir way in GU ot curiosity
Just happened outside, sir; knocked
down by runaway cab, sir"
'Los, lot OF blood; 'iraid It's a bad
case sir " THUS the policemen.
ASK Mr.. Adams II come down al once;
aud clear the room," ! said.
Ii WAS n young, isir.hsired girl OF
eighteen or uinetceu perfectly pale, 10.
conscious snd almost pulseless--a strange
contrast to her rough, s~arlhy, "ea' hef-