The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-06
BACK TO LIFE.
A Creole Awakens on a Dissecting
Table and Weds the Surgeon.


From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Speaking Of hospitals" remarked DR..
Francis bowling, do you know that Paris
has something over twenty hospitals. Some
of them are very large. The Salpetrier,
the great hospital for nervous diseases, ac-
commodities
FIVE THOUSAND PATIENTS.
Then the San Louis has 5000 patients.
These hospitals are great educators in many
respects. Here one sees the various phases
of human life with its ups and downs, its
good and its bad sides, at a time when
through sickness the veil of shame is put
aside and the true part OF human nature
comes to the surface"
you must see strange sights in these
hospitals, doctor!'
Eyes. Many of the things learned here
surpass in character the most sensational
romances Of the day."
Can you recall any of thosen
YES; one that occurred when was a
medical student in Paris that particularly
impressed me at that time. 1t was the case
OF young woman who was patient in a
ward Of one Of the large hospitals She was
just 20 years of age. A brunette Of
THE MOST LANGUIsHING ORDER
with large brown eyes, expressive as those
Of gazelle, with beautiful, clear, creamy
complexion. She had wsvy mass of dark
hair, that came down almost to her heels.
and the most beautiful white hand that l
ever laid eyes on, with the prettiest little
dimples over her knuckles, and we'll, she
was beauty, can tell you, and would. in
fact, be a very dangerous person to come in
contact with susceptible young men. About
a month after she had been in the hospital,
toward o'clock in the afternoon she was
taken suddenly i'll. and, by the way, do you
| know it is known to science that twice dur
| ing the twenty-four hours, namely: between
| the hours of 2 and 5 o'clock in the after
| noon, and 2 and o'clock in the early morn
| ing, the powers of life are down to their
lowest ebb, and it is usually during these
hours, in cases of serious illness, that the
patient slides off into eternity.
''She was taken with fainting spells Her
face became deadly white, her eyes rolled
about in fearful manner. and in about an
hour she was dead.
"Well, can tell you've were all dread
fully sorry, as she had completely won our
hearts That evening she was taken to the
pathological room, and the pathologist,
A BIG. RAw-BoNED NORMAN,
with as much sentiment in him as a turnip.
proceeded to make the post norton exam
ination. The first inosion that was made
with the knife drew a small quantity of
blood, which was an unusual experience,
and everybody about the table was aston
ished, as it is a well-known fact that in
death the blood coagulates, or in a meas
ure dries up. and does not flow when the
flesh is cut into. Pretty soon the
young woman's eyelids began to twitch, at
first slightly and then the movements were
more pronounced in character. The fingers
next began to contract and next there was
slight movement of one OF the legs. BY
this time every one in the room was in
hub-bub and ran pell nell for restoratives,
aud the widest order reigned supreme.
The outcome of the matter was that the
young woman was taken back to the hos
| pital ward, recovered from her swoon or
cataleptic state, as 1t pro ved to be, and
MADE A GOOD RECOVERY.
What was the sequelf'
"She secured divorce from her husband
es she had been married shor ily after the
| divorce law was passed in France in 1884,
and she married the young Norman doctor
| who had the strange experience i'll the post
| mortem room, and who, by the way, was
her most devoted attendant day and night
during the remainder of her term in the
\ hospital, and the last heard of them thew
were living In one of the French provinces
near the city Of Dion"
doctor, did you ever find out anything
about her previous history"
| "H es. IL seems she was French creole
| from somewhere in Louisiana. She was at
school in the north, and there made the ac-
quaintance of young artist, who married
her secretly and took her to Europe. They
engaged apartments in one of the old fau-
bourgs of Paris, near the Rue st. Jacques,
and lived there as long as the
YOUNG MANS MONEY LASTED
Then her husband left her, telling her that
| he was going over to England on a short
visit to SEQ about a contract for some art
work which rich Englishman had prom
| ised him. This was the last she saw Of him.
| Finally her means ran out: she was taken
down with sickness, and was obliged to go
to the hospital"