Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-10-11
IN FOREIGN CLINICS
a VIENNA WOMAN RENTS u.
THROAT TO YOUNG Docroas ~

Something About the TreAtmsns Of :.
tients in the Clinics Of Ber,,.
vienna-A New York Patient Of w..u,
who Sought Free Treatment.
Here is the picture Of a woman ~
her way is undoubtedly the most rem NJ Y
Bile woman in the world" physic;sr - =
marked. handing over photocra,h u y
woman of perhaps fifty, with stron, !. :
lures and large black patch ovas u
right eye, neatly dressed and hold;r.n sf
one hand a little bag.
What is her namcp
Frau Gelley."
II suppose you will insist on Tia Al.
tion, Why is Frau Celley remarkablswss s+
Because she has the most tol.....
throat of any woman known in the uo., ~ y
he explained. You can pass probes & y,
parts of both her throat and larvrr ~. -
out causing any spasms of the mnsasss
what in ordinary language is called osa
ging. You can place buttons in var ~.
parts of her larynx and remove ~
again and she win suffer no discorrss .'a
Why this should be SO nobody knows ~.
most eminent throat specialists Il ~
world have examined her and foupd =
reason for it. Her vocal cords are as ns.' y
white as those found in typically norm.I
throat.
''She is curiosity or freak, but that /.
only the least curious thing about n.
perhaps, from the lay standpoint. for Il.
uses her throat as means Of liyelihc,s
She visits the various clinics of V;srs.
and rents her throat out for q gulden /.
hour to young doctors who wish tn csia
skill in manipulation. in that little bsr
she carries her own instruments, and III
permit a doctor to use no others yon
take probe in hand, and she SAYS "a VI
Touch the right vocal cord' You try ~
| fail. She knows it in a minute. and 49,
'Ah, but Herr Doctor. that is the epipld.
| It's that you touchedp Then she takes IT,
probe herself, and, telling you to look. sbe
touches the vocal cord.
''She, mind you, has to do it by instinct
| for she of course cannot see down her own
throat, while you have the aid of a uirro,
Thus she carries young doctor throupb
lessons in touching all the various parts Il
the throat and larynx that, as special.
ist, he must learn to touch. She i.
as thoroughly up in the ANATOMY #
the parts as any professor, in fact she bss
come to look upon herself as one q
the professors. She expects the sam,
respectful treatment and will put m
with no less, She has been offered biob
price to go to Berlin, but her patriotism
will not allow her to leave Vienna, No
body, by the way, has ever found out WIN
she wears that patch over her right eye.n
The conversation drifted on to the differ.
ence between the clinics of Berlin and VI.
emma and the clinics Of New York. .Tbe
great advantage of the clinics over thes
for the student" the physician said q,
the abundance of what we doctors call
material. OF course specialists there are
ahead of us in some things, just as ours are
ahead in others. But that Of itself Is not
of SO much account. It is the great mum.
Der of patients who apply for treatment at
these clinics, and their willingness to sub
nit to anything at the hands of anybody
they are told to, which gives the foreign
student the opportunity he seeks. 1t has
it's very pathetic side Often students who
have had but very little experience, who
are bungling and clumsy, are directed By
the professor in charge of the clinic to per.
form operations that must be simple tor
ture to the patients.
1.-THE patients take it, whatever it is ins
submissive, fatalistic way, and nobody
makes any account of it. 1t is what The \
students are there for, gathered in from all
the ends of the earth, to learn by actually
doing the various operations. The patients
are there to be operated ON by the particu-
lar student the professor thinks needs The
practice most. OF course am referringto
minor operations, but some of these are
very painful. The lives of the common
people, of the unfortunate, are much more
valuable here than there. Their feelings
have to be consulted more or less here
even in free clinic. For example, ! have
seen operations performed there just to
show the class how they should be done
the operator explaining that he expected
no particular benefit in the particular
cases. Such a thing, openly at least, would
be almost impossible In New York.
Speaking of Clinics" he continued ms
lighter vein, you would think that they
would be avoided by all who are not com
PEELED to go to them. But that is not the
case. Here in New York, for example as
/ looked out into the waiting room one
day, | saw on the benches, among The
ragged and filthy, a woman wearing
sealskin and bearing other evidence
wealth in her appearance. She patiently
waited her turn. When | saw her come
into my consulting room decided what
would do. said to her, Madam, did you
see that sign in the entrance which say
that these clinics are for the treatment
the poor only?' She said that she had seen
it. DO you consider that you fall within
that clasp She assented. Informed na
that unless her appearance belied her VeG
much she did not; that the doctors gas
their services for those who could not :,
ford to pay for treatment and that woan
not treat her. She was very blustenns
and said had insulted her. But wa
firm, and showed her the door. tha
called the office boy, bright little fellow
and told him to follow her up and ma on
where she lived without letting her knOs
it. He was off like flash.
'She turned corner, and there aes'
riage with a coachman in livery was W..
ing for her. He jumped up behind anu Il,
luck would have it, she drove difeeS,
home--not great distance. Inc nols
she entered was just off Fifth ayenal
When she dismissed the carriage ~,
entered the house the boy, on preten'. j
an GRAND, ran up, rang the bell ana asa II.
if Mr.. So-and-so lived there. NO. ms ,,a,
reply, this is Mr.. Blanks house oom'II
back to me with name and hulnVs ~,
traced her in the directory. founu =.
her husband was man of large N.Y., NJ
we'll known in his business circle Ii . ~
York. Yet that woman, to save III. ~
five or ten dollars, had been wiling w .ay
her place among the poor and Nun! T. w i,
cure free treatment. And that Is on. .o.n
of q similar number of cases nave NJ ",