The Dickinson press., 1888-02-25
THE MEDICAL MUSEUM,
SOME OF THE CHASTITY RELICS
KEPT ON EXHIBITION.

Curi">itirs of the Government Collection
at NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF Rifle Balls,
"Reminiscences of Indian Wars-Scctiuus
of HonrS-t:rn. Sicklcs' Leg,
But the museum ahoun,ls in things that
arr OF intrinsic interest. There are object
lessons Illustrating the wonderful freaks of
rifle balls. Onc of these is u section of n
skull with the hail which struck it split in
two. "le-halt going inside and inflctins the
wound which caused death, the other half
remaining Oh the outside between tho SCALP
and the skull. The soldier who received this
remarkable wound ut Spottsylvaniu lived
twrnty-,hrce days.
'>'i!l moro wonderful than this case is ono
wl'erca mimic i"ll struck the soft bone of
ne hose and divided. Along with this goes
the head OF the man who put tho m,lzzlc of
IL pistol i'll his mouth and fired. The ball
passed through the jugular vein and stuck
last IN the bone, acting as II stopper on
hemorrllagc from the vein. The would be
suicide lived seventeen years before yielding
up his head to make museum visitors marvel
INDIAN RABIES.
1he museum possesses quite a collection of
rapooses, picked up by the army surgeons in
inc Wild west and forwarded Tho withercd
anu battered remains have been "cuI'ed" ly
long exp osurc to sun and wind OH the clc-
waited stages whero tho Indians used to bury
pa' they arc not pleasant to look upon Tho
most notable OF these papooscs is a littlo
chap, SAID to have been found in Il tree near
Laramie He is dressed in suit of blue,
upon which the Indian mother has sewed u
great collection of buttons. Around the necl,
Is II string of beads, and on tho feet are little
embroidered moccasi,,s.
"reminiscences of The Indian wars arc n,,-
mcrous. There is the skull of ono brave who
only succumbca mllen lie had been sabercd
il1ie times. AT least that must lac the con-
ri'irlol, Tor the crai!!ll!n shows nine distinc,
penetrating cuts from the sword. Of course
It's not To hc supposed that tho white man
amused himself by whacking away need
tessly at the rcd mans head after tho latter
Was hors de combat. The skull belonged to
an AilucGnian, who WAS killed by Chilinn
soldiers. The skull of the favorite s,,,1aw of
Little lcar, the Indian chief, is a vcrv rool
companion piece to the above She was
Iiilcd in Wyoming. In the preserved cru-
mum are seven bullet holes.
''ne day after the war closed there ca,ucto
Washington one armed veteran lie had II
''1h''!e wrapped in paper, ind he said it was
something, that ought To bo in the n,uscu,u.
"hrn the wi'appinsS wero taken OIL there
WAS brought to view II human arm, Tho
muscles had dried hard and the skin had been
! lailhea ny the action Of tho wind and sun. So
'o!n. .'cte had been nature process that there
was nothing dsagreeable but the looks of tile
arm. The drying and shrinking of th. flesh
'iad lett the jagged bone bare at one end,
nyt,..
80 lne Other The veterans story was that
! III inc battle ut Gettysburg Il cannon ball had
taken OF his arm. Unconscious, he hu,l been
carried to the field hospital, and then to tho
i,encrai hospital, Months afterward he hu,'
rcSalncl his health and had been DISCHARGED
Curiosity prompted him to visit the battle
iir!d and live over his terrible cxpcricuce
lac found, after some trouble, tho spot whcro
!o stood when the cannon bail fliycov.r.d
| lnhi. 1t was in /; corn field, and there be-
| tween the flrrows WAS tho arm in t,,, ,v,,
| preserved condition apparent. TLcs,.ien1Iti,.
| gentlemen of tho museum dilut thjnl, il
worth While to take the soldiers affidavit.
| hey saw at glance that the arm was on
!..teroslll5 specimen, aside from its history.
lcy took 1T, mounted it upon two supports
IA il glass case All gave ii Il place Of I,roui-
| lepce Ill the museum.
WONDERFUL WORK WITH ARROWS.
| Some OF the wonderful accomplishments of
| 'tie Indians with their arrows arc illustrated
n a very realistic manner These arrows
| .ad heads made Of tho iron hoops of barrels
| y shoulder blade Of u buffalo, with the thin
.Eatl looiingarl'ow head piercing it is shown
! i}oh close examination the visitor discovers
i;itt tho point Projects through the outer side
| "i The bone. The only explanation is that
| Tic arrow must have passed through tho
| body of The lnifalo and struck the shoulder
| blade On the inside. These arrow heads NAV
be lai"ii bet#ecn tho fingers and bent with
ease, they are 50 thin; but shot from the bow
~ inc Indian, they went through obstacles
"i.ich "pL!i have stopped u bullet They
| penetrated bones without fracturing them,
ana thcy made ciits as clean rs the kccnest
surgical blades. The Apache arrow head of
soft iron has pierced where a leu,lcn project
| lie would lave ii..ttcncd
| Tie visitor sees hung up in the cases here
and there sections Of bones which possess no
Significance until it is learned that they have
been taken from the arms or legs of men still
living In cases where balls had shattered
the bone, surgeons sometimes preferred the
operation OF cutting out Il section instead of
adopting tho shorter and, for thcm easier
method OF anlputation. One Of these
tzcised bones hung up i'll tho museum
came from the arm of u veteran who
vas for years an attache of the institu-
ton. lie used to walk up to the case occa-
slonal!y and shake his fist ut it, Muscle and
si!lcw5 had developed in place Of the missing
bone to such an extent us to make the arm
strong enough for moro tiiun ordinary use.
This man could lift 200 pounds with the arm,
from which the bone had been taken
| lcliSiun Comm. .ssloner Black lad ony of his
arms cAclacd, and tI!cr. j., IL considerable Dor
ton Of ii which is ONLY gristlc and muscle.
Tho bone is gone, and he becomes painfully
aware of the fac. when he tries to shake
HANDS with 40 or $50 people
( so. La, Is Il largo bone with the splinter
iass about midway, wllcrn the bullet struck.
'i.lc tas says: Maj Gen. d. Z. S., United
St2tes volunteers, Gettysburg, July 9; ampu-
tate'l Ia t. !,..c.' t.ird Of the thigh Ly Sur
Gcon L. S..;!!, United States volunteers, onthe
field Stump healed rapidly, and subject
Va, ;'nc to ride III carl!agc July l6; COM
l'.e;' + LoaleI, 50 that he mounted his hors,,
~ ,."l"'cr. loc3. Contributed ly the sud-
] =. II is the les Of Cen. SicLlcs, who j.,
s.-.i '..eesfu!iy stu.npins about New York
and VI usiIiligton. -"W. Is. 81 in Globe
Democrat.
An Ancient Indian Deed.
4 Public Librarian Balm has now in his Dos
session tho 9inal decd by which, six chiefs