The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-26
BROKE HIS THIGH
LIEUTENANT EVERETT MEETS WITH
A SERIOUS ACCIDENT.
Fractions Horse Reared ana Fell
Crushing Its Victims Lin b
Against the Stone Curbing OF the
SidewaIk-The Doctor Brought
Home and Fracture Set.

DR.. Y. I. Everett met with a serious acct
dent at Newton yesterday. from the
effect of which he will be conhned TO bis
bed for a: least two mouths
The doctor is lieurenan. on the military
staff of General Hettinger, and yesterday
accompanied the general aud other staff
officer 70 Newton u be present at the eu-
campment at that place AT the depot the
officer were met by the compani-s in
Newton and horses for the officers Use
were in waiting. The horse which fell to
the lot of The doctor to ride became IN
ruleiy aud he had no sooner mounted the
animal than it began rearing and pitch
ing. 7 he beast finally back against the
curb of the sidewalk and the horse fell
c4tching the doctors left leg between the
fractions animal and the stone curoius
breaking the feuur bone of the leg
ABOUT three inches from the body, and
two thirds the distancs from the knee to
the hip.
The ijured man was cared for by Drs.
Miller, Bennett, Mckee of Newton and
Surgeon Armstrong OF the regiment The
breaking OF The limb was not only very
painful, but considerable care will have TO
be used 20 lrev-Dt IL from becoming per-
mauent Injury. The physicians say tDst
il is almost universally the case that the
breaking uf this bone VIII Cause Il short
ming of TIL. limb unless extensions ARE
used. The operation i a very painful, aud
ted Gus one, and It IS frequently the case
thai a patient would rather take perman-
EFT iamene-s than 60 through this trying
ordeal. The bone being the o3Iy one IN
this part Of the ii NIB the leg ,ios> not have
the support in healing hat II would II the
hraaE SAnnt1 h.Va Orrurre6 below the
knee As il is the heslIug of the bone
comes in Contact with the large muscles Of
the leg, aud unless strong ard powerful
ex' en>ious ere used tn uv-rcom- the ectiou
of he muscles the limb Is almost certain
TO ne m abe shorter.
DR.. Everetis was brought TO Wichita on
the evening train last uighJ and taken to
his office in the Zmmrrly building where
he was seen by all EAGLE representative
last night He was resting easy a.
could o. expected under the circumstance.
In reply TO questions lie sail:
81 have been "A member of he militia for
twelve years aud this Is my first accident.
/ could not manage the horse, which was
certaiuiy an uIbrok-n auimHl, and when 1t
fell was caught with my leg GU the curb
ing. / felt Certain that the bone was
crushed, but when the limb was examined
il WAS found the femer bone WIS broken
square off I VIII have the leg placid in a
pia-terp,ris casing tomorrow, aud II this
dovs hot prevent It from drawing NJ
will have the extensions applied. Our
firm is rather n peculiar one at present:
Father has his leg i'll an exteniioner at
the present time and is forced TO do all he
Office work in a chair which he wheels
about. Heretofore i have attendei 10 the
leg portion of our practice, but expect TO
be confined TO nv bed for at least two
months 1t was dear trip to me-"
DIR Everett, ST., being present. sail: 1T
is the old story of son being like f,ther.
That boy is the very image OF myself at
his age, and he would hear or not hiag else
but the pract &c of medicine. l think he
was kind Of JEALOUS because / got to ride
about in my cbair while he had TO att-nd 20
the on side pracr ice 20 he just cracked his
leg also. We will be nice looking pair
now, won't we, i broke my leg when his
age and am suffering from it At this time.
but then he will have the advantage of my
exper fence, and in three moDtns VIII be
abOut / hone. AS usual ~