The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-06
Skulls. hands and feet may be pur.

A skull and cross-bones, suitable for
decorative purposes. costs but SO. The
skull has but one cut, and although it
may be very pretty, it is not artistic.
For so2 skull that will Unhinge and
reveal its hidden contents is possible.
/ The bones of the ear are comprised IN
this treasure.
The happy mortal who can put up
seventy-five dollars may become the
! possessor of a Uranium that leaves moth
/ ing to be desired in point of minute
/ articulation. he has but to press but
/ ton-the skull will at once resolve itself
/ into an anatomical collection. Each
! component part will culver with nerv-
! GUS energy on the end of spiral wire,
/ emanating from a brass upright ROD.
/ Only the daintiest fingers could handle
/ with impunity such an exquisite speci-
/ men, 1t has the protection of glass
/ case.
| Ladies who feel that they are never
accepted at their proper value in life
Lay console themselves with the
knowledge that the skeleton of a woman
brings higher price than that of
man. If they wish their friends TO
know their worth they have but to be-
queath their bones to an anatomist.
By the time they are placed on the
market their true value will be salts
factorily determined.
There are sometimes very peculiar
conditions which influence the price of
dead mems bones A case recently de-
or aH W. off
A man who was suffering from an
ailment which required surgical treat
ment was so overwhelmed with graft
tude for the relief obtained that he
drew up a will bequeathing his body
after death to the surgeon who had
rescued him from agonizing pain. He
was poor man at the time of his i'll
ness, but with the return of health for
tune smiled upon him and when death
and the doctor claimed him he was
millionaire.
His heirs. although cheerfully conced-
ing the claim of the dread destroyer,
stoutly protested against that of the
doctor. The courts decided in favor of
the legatee. The relatives buried the
bones of the testator, but the price was
high.
The skeleton market is supplied
mostly from the pauper and the Grim
inal classes. Patients who die in hos
pitfalls and whose mortal remains are
not claimed by friends, are passed over
to the dissecting room. II their bones
escape destruction there they are placed
together and further serve the cause of
science as skeletons. Sad to relate, the
articulator sometimes mixes bones. and
the completed anatomical stpdyis quite
liable to be half saint and half sinner;
a sort of Jelzyu and Hyde skeleton.
These specimens are often placed on
exhibition as the osseous remains of
some celebrated criminal. The public
is warned against beng Mortified by
them. The brutal murderer, whose al
legged bony structure confronts one
and causes thrill to creep over COM
fortably covered bones. may, in point of
fact, be mild and innocent composite
pauper.
The imported skeletons are guarar-
teed TO be al one person. The manu-
facturers are disposed to be reticent as
to the source of their supply, but they
aver that they spare neither trouble nor
expense to secure desirable subjects
The little ladies" of Paris, whose lives
so quickly descend the graduated scale,
would deem it a not unhappy chance to
secure advance payment for their bones.
Their volatile tenpersments would lead
them to regard the transaction as a
jovial affair. In point of fact, they
feel certain degree of satisfaction in
knowing Just what is to become of
them, and that they alone will reap the
pecuniary benefit.
Imported skeletons are, as rule. sold
20 medical colleges and other educa-
tionsl institutions The College of
Physicians and Surgeons has a fine col
lection. They have also a circulating
anatomical library. A large number of
skeletons have been divided into sec
tons. These sections are put into nice
mahogany cases and are numbered.
Studentsdesiring to study any particu-
lar bone or section of bone consult the
catalogue and draw the case contain
ing the desired object lesson. Two
weeks is the limit of time that the case
may be retained.
1t is quite safe to sJ1rrniSe that the
majority of skeletons are filing 3
worthier role in their disemb bodied state
than they ever did in the drama, or,
it may be, the tragedy, of life. An
articuIated skull that is valued at
seventy-five dollars, more than likely, |
when accompanied by the brain that
nature bestowed upon It, was not worth
a cent. The glass case not infrequent-
~ supersedes prison bars. Altogether,
it is a cheerful thought that at least
the skeleton is of some use in the world.
1t is, however, quite probable that |
within most Of the deserted chambers /
aching hearts have throbbed and
weary brains have struggled. Pathos
and sorrow have alternated with JOY
and gladness. Bright eyes may have |
CLEANED in the unsightly sockets. !
Tears have surely flowed from them. /
Like the dead whose bones are permit |
ted to crumble to dust; like the living
who regard them with interest or with
honor, their life stories are chapters of
sunshine and shadow. pleasure and .
pain. GUSTAV BNET.
A Social Bar.
Miss Semicircle-How could vou re-