Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-08-24
serves OF SURGEONS
...,s STAGE FRIGHT wHeN FAC
sVF,L' DIFFICULT OPERATION

.,g urgrun7i sr,-....t, Ella,
.i'oas .5rssaa was asked. Though IN. tno
liA .s.S fright with reference 70 SUI.
tenn ,'"' parhnr, misnumor' tho sur
gul w"1ds-tood the question n,.
~, ,D'u -,. indeed. there issuch u thing
~, ,risht among surgeons ne 70.
q LAS aI'i,gro mo two kinds Of stage
l l.u nj, r,,hor. there arc two dihercht
ifIsn', - y, among doctors. and tho
tnP a,i,tgpgh In itself perhaps tho
w. ba,n different seeming at '',,.
~ 4 nv the material through whieh ~
." mo frst IL the surgeon VINO II
- a. perform the operation, secs
's'.,.rr.giie. In the way and nothing
o. full termination His rest ~
~ SS,.turbcd by reflections upon com.
lion ~ II which may arise. Everything
t','''i[pBtIl tho patient Is before him
~ bis hand begins to shake u De
Ip'i ..,i, iieleultios which he had not
l,n,.5upon hisnoryousness increases
- .s-r,1i perhaps with fatal result
80 II this man ho grows worse
~ ~ srgwg older, and in old age ho
= ne Al""e
f.s NJ to pieces ......,,,,, o,
,.,,orier From tho time THIS surgeon
,l.' That IN operation Is necessary
- - 80 through his mind all the
INV 80 which could possibly
~ 10y mn NOD 10 wonders II thore arc
~ NOR witch no has not thought OF.
i-fvpo means sanglinc Of a happy
=, No fears ,his and that and the
~. hing. A. tho hour approaches hc
-. 4, commence his work moro and
- but when he 10 before the sub
~ ri. nervousness leaves him. He
,,msp,,s iptolliguntly, rejecting upon
..t., night arise Ho docs not hurry or
,s,s,,Sd bat he Is intensely interest
Wbolly absorbed by what he IS do
isg tr5mnnber witnessing an opera
,I,,bv an q the most celebrated sur
ms I ever knew. II was "a most diii'
IN oporation, and tho umphithoater
"a, alica with doctors who had come
10 so itprtcsmod. A Tow moments be
f, the SURGEON WIS 20 commence no
,y,s prcsfnted By d friend 60 two doc
r- who had como from n distance Ia
=. him operate He bowed worry polite
liz md spoke fow words. Shortly after
dat 10 commenced operating
"Tho operation was Of considerable
length. and when 10 was finished the
two gentlemen to whom tho surgeon
had bccn presented approached TO speak
A c1nantulatory word or two. AS he
did not appear 20 recognize thom. his
friend prcssntcd them again. He OK
rrosesd his pleasure NJ meeting them
without the slightost recollection that
BIO bad mot them. "
DO you recall the first operation you
ever performed yoursolii'
Indeed / remember Il very we'll
was in O hospital where there wcr,
$500 bots aud 80 surgeons in charge.
was ole Of the young assistant surgeons
II An OPERATION was necessary in any d
the wards. II was our duty 10 report II
10 tho surgeon In charge, who then per
formed tho opomtion II he chose re-
tarted 10 my surgeon tho necessity d
IN Gmpula.ion Of great toe. The sur
lvon camo and looked ut the man an,
cln-ufnd with my opinion that an am
putatiln was necessary. was dirocto,
10 gvt eyoythiug ready for tho opera
tou Then, said tho surgeon, / viii
come and operate II can, II not, yoI
50 on and perform the operation your
Rh
II told my young associates Of TN
der. and they mid; VOL, you 10 ul
and get ready, but he won't come. Nul
will have 20 do the operation yourself
And that was tho way It turned ont
The operation was 20 DO at o'clock
All tho night before was rohoarsinl
what ! intcndSl 20 do in my mind an,
draining " II IN my sleep, The mex
day could not eat my luncheon NJ.
hands and foot were cold When IL cam
t,mo tooummgnco the operation, coul,
only steady my nerves by thradin
neodldS 1 mid Give me tho needles &
throad. am very particular about m
hrcnd | took anocdlo and commence
pofing at tho eye. In few seconds m
hand obOyed my will and became n
Ft'ady "a could wish. performed IN
OPERATION successfully. Aftor that l wen
On performing a great many operations
bat II was years before l could take u
oelock luncheon II had to operate at
bclok.
Prom tho conscientious sciontiii
man apprehension mover departs, for h
knows that 1t is impossible 10 foresco al
thihgS And then, again, he takes /
hh hands q holy human life. II an acto
soeniuntos the wrong word or hnlts i
his hncs tho Won't that can come is
sight damage 90 his reputation. II
minister breaches hutorodox doctrines
l-o wuHt that oan happen to him is
tnai for heray But II tho surgeon IN
dangerous operation makes but m
shght'rt mistake II may result IN death
W which there is no remedy Man
lnd many u timo on the night preyiou
'oa serious operation have | awakcno
myself from an anxious, troubled slice
~ Performing tho operation IN m
arrAmS Il IA also very much morc IT,
ing 10 q surgeon 10 operate ON u frien
ihan On q stranger. II is hard TO tell /
ma case who Is moro TO bo piticd, Il
surgeon or tho patient l think the Ion
ser man operates the less certain hc
y the outcome u any operation. \ fra
hl'!e woman TINT one would almost ~
iuTeath u wind would blow away wi
'arViyc tho most painfnl and dAngeror
,'rh'ion wherc rough. stocky and ire
lul'I reasant woman that ono won
@'hk could survive almost any possib
i"ntim viii die from something Wink
Il not ~ rule, considered dangerous.