Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1886-05-25
/; A ROMANTIC CAREER.


The othsiie-iths Adventures o. Plus.
delphtas.
Asmodeus." after detailing, In Texas
Slftings, the adventures OF . gentleman
now resident in the Quaker City. asks the
Apostle question: Was there ever such
another career7
Mark Leonard Nardyz was bqen3n Cor
dogno In 1928. After o ooufse In the
schools he went to the famous old univer-
sity Of Padua to study medicine. A draw.
ing he made for Prof. Ungarettfs atlas oil
anatomy attracted so much attention that
his anatomical drawings and designs we're
published.
In Is48 young Nardyz volunteered In
the First Lombardy Infantry. under Victor
Emanuel, and was wounded In the same
year at the battle of Santa Lucia. Vic.
tor Emanuels brother, the Duke OF
Genoa, gave his wounds personal atten'
ton.
In 40 he had recovered so far as to on.
list In the service Of the Roman Republic.
and was soon captured by the French, who
sent him prisoner to San Marine.
The facility with which 80 gallant q
soldier passed, without conjunction,
from one service to another, as will
DO seen also further on, illustrates
forcibly the troublous character Of
those times as we'll as his own fiery
and mercurial temperament.
The day Nardyz was captured by the
French, at the Fort OF Sampan GrazZio,
Salvini. the great tragedian, then unknown
save as gallant young soldier, received
In tho Same ranks desperate wound.
On recovery DR.. Eardyz enlisted In
the Sardinian army as assistant sur.
gcon.
In 1854 he went rs surgeon with the
first italian regiment sent to the Crimea.
There were only 16, 600 altogether OF his
compatriots In that greatest Of all modern
wars, and Nardyz' company saw the hot
tcst service near the Redan, under COM
mand Of General La Marmora, who
died soon afterwards Of typhoid fever.
In 80 DIR. Nardyz became surgeon tc
tho 18th Regiment o. Infantry under
General Coccarri. and was. as was thought,
MORALLY wounded at Solferino. For his
heroism in capturing. single handed. an
Austrian flag, the honor OF the Cross OF
San Maurice En- Lazzaro was conferred
on him.
In 1860 he quit the service at Ancona
and gained tho First independently Of
Sicily. For this he was imprisoned, but
was pardoned by Victor Emanuel after
only fifteen days confinement, and honor.
ably discharged from the service.
On the 25th Of Nov, 1860, he sailed fol-
America, arrived In Philadelphia Dec.
10th and went to New Orleans, where
he enlisted in the First Louisiana Tigers.
In June. 1861. he quit them and walked
all tho way from New Orleans to Phila-
dclphia. without knowing a word OF
English. steering his course by the
compass.
The soldier OF varied services but
unvarying bravery then enlisted In the
First Pennsylvania Volunteers as q three
months man and was at Bull Run.
He then enlisted In the Lafayette
Guards, served through tho war Of tho
Rebellion. after which he enlisted In the
United States marine corps as sur.
geon.
In 1870 DR.. Nardyz recrossed the
Atlantic and enlisted In the 18th French
regiment for the Franco russian war.
Under General Bourbaki's command in
the northern part of France he WAS
decorated with the Red Cross OF Geneva
for assisting the wounded. and with the
Cross OF the Legion OF Honor for per
sonal bravery.
In 1873 DR.. Nardyz went to Cincinnati
and practiccd his profession there sew.
| eral years. He then removed to New
York where he became Assistant Demon.
strator Of Anatomy under Prof. James
| r. Wood.
In 1873 he returned to France as physi
clan and Secretary to Prince Aristoff. SOL
Of General Alexander Aristoff. First
| aide to Alexander II. Of Russia. The
| young prince died In Paris, and was EN-
balmed by DIR. Nardyz. who took hin
| to Moscow.
| There the General Arlstoff invited hin
to enter the Cars service. which ho de
clined TO do, as his family. wife and tw,
charming daughters, had established
| home In the United States.
In 1879 he returned to Philadeiphi,
and was pathologist and anatomist IL
Jefferson Medical Hospital. His skill
in modelling and embalming becam
famous, and In 1882 he cmbalme,
| Archbishop Wood by q method O
his own. the first time 1t was eve
used In this country.