Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-07-06
Or. Anna EaIlar Tells oftas Life
Of a Ned c.! Student.

- - 1ENaA 0WhAAATAsAH &~A ANA"
street. Dr walter graduated
receltiy at the W0mau's Nedi-
ell College of Pepusylva ia at
Philadelphia, recei.iHg hOnora
tle mention for her thesis on
abdominal surgery. There was
but Que other doctor in the col
who WIS so hOnured, and
she, too. was a Southern girl.
DIR. walter Is thoroughly en-
Unused with her profession. She
IS a little woman of great iutelii
gence, and has f.irly earned heI
success. Four years ago she
determined TO study medicine.
No sooner had she deci,led on
her vocation than she went 10
Cooper College in San Francis
CO. She had only been there
one year, when she was present
ed with a scholarship ia the col
lege az which she graduated
At this college she worked
so hard and was possessed nf
81 much aptitude for tn. heal
ing art, that the attention Of the
faculty was Dor conferred on
her. She gained distmc ticn at
once. and last year she was Civ
en- a position in the faculty as
prosecutor and curator in ch rye
Of the anatomical work of the
college This was af.-cr never
shown to any other student a.
the college, and shows p!aialy
the appreciation in which DIR.
Wal er was held.
Soon after her graduation the
Methodist Missionary Board Of
fered her the position of pbysi-
clan in charge at the Woman's
Hospital ut San Chow, China
She has decided TO accept the
offer, and will leave in October
for her new field of labor The
post Is a most responsible OUe
and will demand the closes; at
teniIOu ofthe young woman ply
slc.an- She will pr0bsbyl spend
several wears in the land of the
Celesiials. After he- return to
America she will hang out her
shiHEse aasl enter the practice
of medicine on her own reSpOa
si5ili'y. Her specially is sGr.
gerry She has already assisted
IN several difficult opef .tions,
and has acquitted herself with
great distinction.
! Sc;mitar repor - called Oh
Dr. Na,ter thu mcruiug. lie
fJuUd "A Flee 1t Little womati
with tI;cu'F -nce written in rv
cry hHet der eounielaHee. L.
The CO. ,ersatioH which enSaed
the GsctJr remarked that she
h2 Just Witnessed a very dan
fOus operation
"It was a beautiful piece OF
work she said. but | tLius
The poor maa viii die The
operation Ia question was the
rem wal II a caucsr by the knife.
Ia response % tue 9Ieslnn
~ TO her sensations wIen she
drst entered the dissecting room
DIR. Walter sail: ~siy lirst ex.
perIeuee WAS Ia san Francisco
| vas new 70 The work a1i feil
decide Fepug-auey toSsr.
entering the place The letter
ing pf the sisa .Disseclius
Room ahove tae dolr scene
fully dye feet high aud we're futl
1T menace. When | walked ia
the room vas crowded xish stu
ients ripping Up human bodies
with IS mach cumpilceaey as i;
they were dressing checkers A
feeling OF weakness took hai,!
uf me. auei / almost tainted but
| conquered my emotions aus!
S0on vas Is much Interested Ia
the work a. any of the cgRer De
cupantS of the room. This ~
casioa Was the Only ere gu
which l felt any quaims. Would
you like to see my disseciing in
StrameEts and without wa.
ing for a Ieply she ran to heT
Room aud soon returned with
her aTIas fail of glI;tetisg knives.
the slgnIA canoe III which was al
together lost on the reporter
There we're straight knives and
crooked knives. little saws aud
big saws graphing hooks which
seemed fully capable OF tearing
a Eal's heart from is place,
PilChers, tSeozers scissors and
every other sort Of implements
OF t0TtEe. The reporter simply
sat still aad Shaideresi while
she dISeoGTSed on the value oil
the tools aud when she finished
he had barely strength 10 ash
her if she knew Of aay euriou,
occurrences in the Rooms where
bodies were cut up.
Plenty CT thPm,7 was the
startling reply ~Ouee a friend
of niue was disSeeting , ea,Ga
Yer late AZ nish,. SO one was
la the room with her, and she
vas perfectly absorbed in ner
work. While bending oyer the
body, which had lis arms cross
ed on Its breast. she ACCIDENT,
touched Que of the muscles un
der the shoulder. aud the eada
vers arm few over anu elaxped
her round the waist. She vas
too badly frightened at Grst "a