Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-05-05
THE GROWN PRINCE,
NOT AFFLICTED WITH scRoFulA
AS SUPPOSED.
Account Of the Future Emperor's Treat
Rsnt which Caused His Crippled Arm
An Interesting Story OF His Birth
The Jealousy Of the German Physi-


NKw YORK, May 5.-There will appear in
this weeks issue OF the Medical Record,
which has given the subject of the late
emperor William and the present German
Emperor's illness more than ordinary at
tention, an account of Crown Prince Will
liam and the causes to which are due his
crippled arm. 1t will go far toward dis
abusing people of the belief that Prince
William is afflicted with any disease OF a
scrofulous nature, reports that effect hav-
ing recently been sent to English and
American papers from Berlin.
The authority for the Record story Is
physician who attended the gymnasium
with the Crown Prince William, and DR..
Shrady says his information is entirely
trustworthy. The story is as follows.
The present difficulty of the Crown Prince
William dates from his birth, when a frac-
ture Of the left arm occurred. which resulted
shorter than the other, and has given rise
to the stories of his being afflicted with
scrofula.
Prior to the birth of her child, Empress
Victoria, the then Crown Princess, was ser
iously i'll, and her mother Queen Victoria,
dispatched from London two English
obstetricians TO attend her. These physi-
clans found themselves unable to cope with
the difficulty that presented itself, and
then arrived the necessity of consultation.
A messenger was dispatched for Professor
Martin, the elder, since dead, who at the
time was high in the circles of the court
and president of one Of the universities
Poued at the introduction OF the English
men. in the case to the exclusion of those
of the fatherland, the eminent scientist
returned this answer: III was not able
70 attend to the Crown Princess in the first
place, am not able to doit now"
Informed of this brusque reply OF Pro-
fessor Martin, Emperor William, at that
time King Of Prussia, issued an imperial
edict ordering the obdurate physician 10
attend the Crown Princess. Such sum
| mons had TO be obeyed. Professor Martin
went to the place. He was conducted into
| the presence of the Crown Princess. where
were the two obstetricians. Saluting the
Crown Prince, who was in the apartment.
the German physician silently gave his at
tsntion to the royal mother, overcame the
| difficulty that had puzzled the London
doctors, placed the new-bo infant in the
| arms of a nurse, bowed stiffiy to the two
! professional gentlemen from England, and
retired from the apartment without utter
| ing word.
| Here was the spectacle of q proud, scien-
tiic man, who would not unbend for roy
atty. He had performed his duty in n taci-
turn manner, it is true, but that was all.
Professor Martin was dismissed from court
When the little Prince was three or four
days old, il wa. discovered that his left arm
was fractured q short distance from the
shoulder.
| Who broke it? Did the accident occur
through the agency of Professor Martin.
or while the b tbe was in the care Of its
, English attendantsr That question has
never been answered, and probably never
| will be.
The fracture of a newly-born infant.
arm is not an unusual occurrence, and it ID
not regarded by the medical profession a,
serious, or attended by great danger. In
this case, however, when the bones knit,
| the left arm of the Prince was shorter
than the right, and it has ever since 50 re-
mained.