Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1886-09-16
HE HAD IT OFF.
Why An Honest Workman Parted
with His Arm.

In the ~. James Hospital the mans
surgical wards are ut the top of the
building. That is where the accidents
are brought in. ANY moment of the
day or night whistle through the tube
may announce that fresh case is com
ing up. Possibly it may prove mat
ter of sprained ankle. possibly of in
Juries only just short of death. Out
siders imagine life in the surgical ward
TO be a constant succession of shocks TO
the nerves. But all who enter there
leave nerves behind. or. TO speak more
correctly, the nerves are kept tense.
guarded. ready for all surprises and all
demands. Still. / have heard Nurse
"llmot confess to Il strange sensation.
though more of seXc't ,ment than of
uread, when she sees the form of the
foremost OF the two policemen BEARING
the stretcher appear around the corner
vi me door The questions must rise
nbddcn-What poor soul is fhis
Drought here for lis appointed measure
oil pam? and what destiny is this DAYS
work TO consummate? Is il death. or
Is II life weighted with some Gripping
INJURY! Is 1T moral salvation or moral
rum The drift of life, or, perhaps.
many hVes, may be determined this
hour.
But one can only imagine such re-
hectlons occupying the mind as the
nurse watches the new patient carried
70 bed under some one else's CHARGE
If he is to be under her own care there
Is no margin left for them. all her
power must be summoned to the front
and absorbed i'm the duty of the
moment. His hurts have been attended
10 down stairs, dressed and bound. but
there Is still much for the nurse TO do
which requires prompt attention and a
steady hand. She must fjy hitber and
thither, alert yet composed If If *
case OF fracture SPECIAL bed must he
prepared IL the vital heat is lowered
10y the shock hot bottles must be- nj once
procured. Then the patent must be
made rs clean and comfortable as his
condition permits, and if he is neither
lnsensible nor too i'll he must. during the
process, be cheercd and soothed by
kindly speech
Nurse Nilmot has told me MANY
stories OF patients that have come under
ner care, and one of them | will SET
uoWn here a. nearly as can remember
81 she told IL to me.
AZ about half-past six o'c'ock one
winter afternoon the well-knOwn sound
came up the tube, and Sister Janet
rected that one Of my beds should re-
GIVE the newcomer. j; was n vouno,
man. ,trapping fellow. OF Ms face /
could sec little, for IL was bound M for
injuries 20 the head and Jaw. and one OF
MS arms was broken. I evpected to
near that he had fallen from scaffold.
or had been run over in the street but
the policeman said they hal brought
MN from his own home. where thev
had been told he hal fallen down stair
TIC story could have only one meaning.
J feared. The majority % the cases
come 10 us through drink. and tho
policeman a. he told 10 made n sion
which wa sufficiently satisfactory II
any explanation were needed.
There was AN old woman mixed up
m IT, hi- mother, and I take il thev'd
been soaking together. said ne.
me new patient took no part in these
explanations. Though he had not Mt
tered groan could zee he wa. i'm oreat
distress and he could speak only with
difficulty.
~ M glad. al any rate. said ]. .qhat
You appear 10 have no wife and family
10 be- pinchcd while you ~ out Of work
You're better OF than q great many that
come hero
lie nodded his head and looked al ,ne.
and ] saw at once that be- had been mi.-
Judged bee had not been drinking
The look was too direct and intelligent
and 80 expressive Of manly endurance
That my sympathy went ont TO- him Al
once We have sympathies as tender =
other women. we nurses hope. though
sometimes We Joke and laugh when
Other women would cry
You are NOT drinking mangr I
asked
lie shook bis head
Tho doctor VIII Toll YOU to-morrow
morning that in your favor
Hicks. The stout cabman I'm the nest
bel overheard the remark Vow
nurse, come. we amt no need TO be
told tIat We amt under no delnsion
~ 20 600 yoos iu this ere place. and H
We Was 'c-c's Thomson at aud 10 ex-
pound cm % US hany hour Of the day
hor night"
Ibis spcoch was Intended as chal-