Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-12-12

 the preservation Of the nervous and are beyond the reach of modest purses, and as a taste for medical and scien. tific research has not yet developed among the millionaires, very few $40C skeletons are sold. They are always 8 special order.
 A very fine French skeleton may be had for $150, and that is about as high as the general run of purchasers care to go.
 Skulls, hands and feet may be pu1s chased separately, but to obtain a rib, an arm or a collar bone the whole affair must be bought.
 A skull and cross bones, suitable fol decorative purposes, costs but s10. The skull has but one cut, and although t may be very pretty, 1t is not artistiA
 For $23 skull that will unhingS tIN 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 cranium that leaves noth ing to be desired in point of minute articulation. He has but to press but COn-GLC SKULL WILL db OuCc IcSO1NC lISCls into an anatomical collection. Each component part will quiver with nerv' ous energy on the end of a spiral wire, emanating from a brass upright rod, Only the daintiest fingers could handle with impunity such an exquisite speci. men. It has the protection of glass case
 Ladies who feel that they are never i1, may console themselves with the knowledge that the skeleton of woman brings a higher price than that of 8 man. If they wish their friends tc 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 satis- factorily determined.
 There are sometimes very peculiar conditions which influence the price o1 dead mems bones. A case recently de. cided in court affords an example.
 A man who was suffering from an ailment which required surgical treat ment was so overwhelmed with grati- tude for the relief obtained that he drew up 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 ill ness, but with the return of health for tune smiled upon him and when death and the doctor claimed him he was a 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 ot the legatee. The relatives buried the bones of the testator, but the price was high.
 Tho skeleton market is supplied mostly from the pauper and the crim- inal classes. Patients who die in hos pitals and whose mortal remains are not claimed by friends, are passed over to the dissecting room. If their bones escape destruction there they are placed together and further serve the cause o1 science as skeletons Sad to relate, the articulator sometimes mixes bones, and the completed anatomical study is quite liable to be half saint and half sinner sort of Jekyu and Hyde skeleton.
 These specimens arc often placed or exhibition as the osseous remains ot some celebrated criminal. The public is warned against being 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 O: fact, be mild and innocent composite pauper.
 The imported skeletons are guaran teed to be all one person. The manu lecturers are disposed to be reticent a: to the source of their supply, but they aver that they spare neither trouble nol expense to secure desirable subjects | The little ladies" of Paris, whose live: so quickly descend the graduated scale | would deem it a not unhappy chance tC | secure advance payment for their bones | Their volatile temperaments would leaC them to regard the transaction as z | jovial affair. In point of fact, they | feel certain degree of satisfaction il knowing just what is to become O. them, and that they alone will reap tht pecuniary benefit.
 Imported skeletons are, as a rule, solo 1 to medical colleges and other educa tional institutions. The College O. Physicians and Surgeons has fine col | lection. They have also a circulating l anatomical library. A large number ot | skeletons have been divided into sec | tions. These sections arc put into nic' mahogany cases and are numbered | Students desiring to study any particu | lar bone or section of bone consult tn l catalogue and draw the case contain ing the desired object lesson. Tw' weeks Is the limit of time that the cas- | may be retained.
 It is quite safe to surmise that th l ajority of skeletons are filling worthier role in their disembodied stat than they ever did in the drama, or it may be, the tragedy, of life. Al articulated skull that is valued a seventy-fve dollars, more than likely when accompanied by the brain tha nature bestowed upon it, was not wort a cent. The glass case not iHfrequcnt
 ly supersedes prison bars. Altogether
 it Is cheerful thought that at leas
 the skeleton is of some use in the world
 It is, however, quite probable tha
 within most of the deserted chamber
 aching hearts have thr~ bbrl am