St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-17

body, we should ask big price; not
under S75. if complete. Price also de-
ponds on kind OF mounting, character
OF metal used"
Referring to the lungs that lay upon
the table, he touched upon special
feature of his business. There is de-
mand for human organs in certain quar-
tiers. BY chemical process lungs,
heart, liver and other glands may be
hardened. They are then vanished.
Prepared in this manner, they last for
years. A skeleton is often fitted out
with complete set of organs, each
wired approximately in its place. The
specimens upon the table were then
careleSSly fingered.
1T is no easy matter TO secure sound
lungs. Not ten in hundred are with
out blemish. LISTEN
With this the attendant introduces
tube into the trachae and blows from
his own chest into the lungs that only
few days before inspired life to body
of their own. His ear detected slight
kissing sound. There was defect, and
an aperture no longer than pin head
was pointed out. The imitation was re-
peated, and another opening revealed
itself.
Each opening must be carefully To-
N'NNNA Viiu CN0ENus IuSl oiiO way
10 get perfect specimen, and that is TO
Kill at sight robust man in the prime
of life"
This was uttered with violent effort
at smile. 1t made the speaker appear
thousand times greater iiend than he
was.
All these prepared samples, as de-
scri0ed, are costly. \ human heart,
thoroughly hardened SO as to permit of
section, brings from $40 TO $50. Larger
organs are quoted at prop0rtionate rates.
The bodies that lay about the room had
been selected as choice specimens for
supplying the unique laboratory. The
receiving vaults were in the cellar of
the building, admission to which was re-
fused.
CHASTITY SPECTACLE.
The correspondent witnessed another
narrowing spectacle as he was turning
to retrace his steps to the upper room.
y number of subjects were needed. and
were being brought up from below.
Two men, with hearts grown calfOus
from practice, were dragging body up
the rear stairs. Each graSped an ankle
and so hauled 1t over the steps, the
head striking at each ascent. Be-
low, it had been removed from Il barrel,
so it was ascertained. Such freight is
usually carried in barrels and delivered
at night. The residents of the vicinity
have seen many a delivery by day, how
ever, and are no longer moved by the
carleSS manner of the handlers. 1t is
remarkable how soon familiarity with
revolving sights breeds callOuSneSS. The
restrictions of the medical faculty are
dead letter. The student pays his por-
ton of the s. for each subject, and con-
Slders himself owner by the purchase
OF his share.
The source of supply is, of course, the
hospital. New York institutions pro-
vide hundreds annually. They are pro-
portloned among the colleges. AS a
rule the demand is in excess of the sup
ply. Bodies are put through some pro-
cess whereby they may be preserved
weeks, perhaps months, if the temper
ature is favorable.
l cleaned from number of students
budget of experiences. The unani-
nous verdict was that there is laXity
in dlSSecting-rOom morality. New COM
erS receive treatment that must make
an ineradicable impression. The most
common trick is TO conceal some small
member, a finger, ear or hand about the
clothing OF the unsuspecting nOvitiate.
The most unfeeling confess to SQueam-
iShness at the methods of shifting the
'stltfS" from the vault to the slab.
More than one case was cited where
the trip from the hospital ward to the
dlSSectlng room was unusually hurried;
OF narrowing scenes Of recognition that
were avoided only by the shrewdest
manipulation of the apartment official.
Such cases, of course, are rare: as a rule
the bodies received are the friendless
and the Outcast. Inhumanity and in
difference to what society regards as
decency is a harsh training school for
those whose mission it is to alleviate
suffering.