Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-11-19
MEDICAL COLLEGE STORIES.

hen was at the University OF
several years ago." said Q youthful
looking physician, VI had been work
ing very hard from the beginning of the
session until some time in February,
when my eyes commenced to give me
. great deal Of trouble, and my physi-
clan forbade my studying at night until
they should get better. Having poth4
ing to do at night. and being q perfect
owl, I thought could not spend the
earlier part of my nights better than
to improve my knowledge of human
anatomy in the dissecting-room. The
anatomical rnoms at thu university arc
about 200 yards from any house in
which people live, and were only open
during the afternoon. l explained my
position to the professor OF anatomy
and obtained his consent to work there
alone at night. He said at the same
time that he did not consider it very
cheerful place TO enjoys ones self alone,
and that was the first student who
had ever worked there at night. Then
the janitor assured me that he had Of
ten gone to the dissecting-room in the
morning and fouad some Of the sub
jects moved from their position Of the
previous afternoon; and although he
had been janitor to the dissecting-room
for more that fifteen years he could not
be induced to 60 there along at night.
II said, however, that ! was deter
mined to do the work, If had to tie
the subjects to the table to keep them
from going away. So bought lamp
and sent it over by the janitor. I
worked ON tor week or so without be-
ing disturbed by any post-mortem live
iness on the part of the subjects, and
really liked the idea Of working apart
from horde Of noisy medical students
and the unwelcomed Interruptions OF
the demonstrator. And could work
much more satisfactorily, too; / could
stop when I felt like It, and sit
down and study. learned great
deal Of anatomy in that way, and my
subsequent courses in New York were
much easier for that night work.
"One night I had gone TO the room
about 8 o'clock and worked ON until IL,
when it commenced to rain furiously.
I had no umbrella, and had to wait
until the storm was over or get wet. Il
did not care to risk the latter, and took
up my 'Gray's Anatomy to while away
the time. j, / read until was tired, and
il seemed to be raining harder than
ever. Then, for the first time. the
janitor's stories occurred to me. sat
and thought about them until I almost
had an attack Of the horrors, and then
tried to forget them by reading more
anatomy. Several times was ON the
point of going home In spite Of the.
rain, but / knew that my roommate
would insist that I had been frightened
into taking water. Finally, about 1
o'clock, my nerves had become strung
TO the highest pitch, and started
whenever rat ran across the floor. ]
was really uncomfortable, and was Just
thinking that Iwould 20 to my room
at any rate, when suddenly something
struck the window behind me with ter
rife force, and seemed determined to
remove glass, sash, and al to get at me.
The whole English language cannot
express how thoroughly frightened ]
Waa.
"The window was Immediately be-
hind me, quito small. and about five
feet from the floor. I was sitting on 3
high stool, close to the table, with my
book propped against subject; be-
tween me and the opposite wall were
four or five tables. on each cf which
was . subject How / managed to get
from my p06ition behind that table to
the opposite side Of the room I have
never been able TO determine At any
rate, when / recovered my equilibrium /
was standing behind the table across
the room, holding o large cartilage
knife in my hand. But the window was
still rattling . furious rate and I was
certain that I could distinguish some
thing white moving rapidly over Il. I
stood duihfounded, with my eyes abso-
lutely hanging ont on my checks.
Finally md seemed fhlly ! century,
the white object hegans 70 move more
slowly, and then disappeared. with 3
gliding motion from the window. /
hurled my knife 1t il asitrsasedNvay,
breaking tho wipdoy. The next mora
ing : large snowy OIL VA. found near
BY. The 6S1Aa hle1 M vanity souRhs
refuge from tho storm, attracted ~
the lights ii the dissecting-roozn.
Although va fstxihdy frightened
that tina / nI N khs .lsssl hssialr
tion about going into thssfoom aftqfs
waxd. Nov ~ ea ND qnr efQry.
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