Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-05-13
4 CHASTITY SPECTACLE.
Horrible Incident in the Life of y
Young Medical Student.
ICor. Syracuse Standard.

A Horrible Incident in the Life of a
Young Medical Student.
TCor. Syracuse Standard
you remember, /" remarked young
medical friend of mine to me the other
night, "what time all medical col
leges had about eight years ago over
the discovery of the body of Scott
Harrison, son of the late President
William Henry Harrison, and father of
Senator Benjamin Harrison, of Indi-
ana. in a Cincinnati medical college dis
sectipg room? Well, at that time |
was a student in Ann Arbor medical
college, at Ann Arbor, Mich. You will
recollect that it was here that the au-
thorities claimed to have made some
startling discoveries. The bodies, or
cadavers, as we call them, were kept
in a large pickle vat in the cellar where
they 1oated around in the brine like
pork in a barrel They were har-
Dooned by the attendant and hOlsted
to the dissecting room by rope ele-
vator as they were needed. Well, [
will not harrow up your feelings by
going into an extensive description or
the scenes daily enacted IN this de-
partment of the school. Not being a
physician you might find them de-ap-
petizing for day or So"
I thanked him for his consideration,
and he proceeded thus:
I'm the spring of 1878 | entered the
college as green in medical knowledge
as one OF Gen. Grants physicians. [
was taken up to the dissectingroom
after matriculated. OF course [ had
heard about the CHASTITY scenes of this
veritable chamber of horrors, but |
had steeled myself not to give express
sion to any of my feelings of surprise
or disgust. The boys, who have seen
courage simulated before, tested me by
stuffing my coat pockets full OF dead
mems ears, fingers, and toes, and 9th
er cheerful fragments while | was not
looking, and one impious wretch who
was calmly eating his luncheon pre-
tended to use a slice of human cheek
for the meat in his sandwich. The de
ception was as real as it was horrible.
| passed through the ordeal unhinch-
ingly, but | can assure you it was not
unaccompanied by sundry qualms Of
stomach. In the course of time | be-
came somewhat familiar with the
scenes and before the summer vaca-
ton was thoroughly hardened.
"That summer | accepted an invita-
ton from HAIRY Brown, who lived at
Adrian, Mich, to spend my vacation
with him cheerfully left the college,
my books, and the dissecting- table,
and prepared to enjoy myself as fully
as possible Harry is the incest fel-
lowin the world, and both he and his
sister did all in their power to make
my visit a jolly one. Every day we
went rowing or riding or walking over
the shady country roads, and every
evening there was some sort of party
to make that part OF the day not the
least ENJOYABLE. | met a number of
pretty girls in the town, but none
Drettier than lovely Mary Brown, and
before the fall term began we were
more than friends, although there was
no engagement, as | was too young to
give such matters serious thought.
In October | went back to college re
eretfully, | must own, and recon-
menced my studies. After the long
and pleasant summer the dark walls
of the building seemed more somber
than ever, and the work Of the lecture
room appeared more tiresome than
when first began my studies. Short
to my home by the death Of my faith
er. | was gone over a month,
and when / had settled up his
affairs, they were not very ex-
tensive by the way, | went back
to college. The first day L re
turned | visited the dissecting-room
and purchased an anatomical ticket
emitting me to portion OF a cadaver
to operate Oh. The boys all seemed
Glad to see me back again, and many
Of them offered sympathy for my af-
Fiction. This was comforting, for
they were a nice lot of fellows, take
them altogether. | began work on my
subject more to distract my mind
than anything else, and got fairly INTO
it when I heard a roar OF laughter
from the farther end of the room. 1t
came from a crowd of students who
were smoking their pipes and cigarettes
and playfully knocking each other over
the head with fragments Of bones IN
one corner of their apartment. The
noise increased instead of dying out,
and the crowd momentarily grew larg-
er. Impelled by curiosity, | left my
work and joined the throng. The
bows had taken female subject and
.draDed the sheet over her fair proper
tions as the robes of Mary Anderson
are arranged in the role of Galatea
She was stood up against the table as
erect as if she had been carved out Of
marble. Her arms were folded over
her breast. Her dark brown hair was
coiled in a Grecian roll on the back o.
her shapely head. nherr mouth there
was a pipe, however, and her attitude
was one of extreme gallusness. 1t was
intended as a burlesque upon the