The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-15
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THROUGH aUYS HOSPITAL.
Strange Things TO BE seen In the Great
Establishment.


Establishment.
II the reader can imagine the cure Of
every one Of the ), 600, 600 10 g. 900, 900 per-
sons living in London of some ailment or
disease. he holds in his minds eye a true
picture of the vast work done by Guys
hospital since its foundation. The south
sea bubble, like many another financial
catastrophe, ruined thousands of citizens,
but it enabled Thomas Guy, who sold his
Investments in the stock to the great adj
vantage Of other people rs well as himself,
90 found the institution which bears his
name and 20 restore 70 health (up TO the
present timc) over 6, O0O 900 human beings.
Among the many curiosities exhibited
In the famous museum at Guys is a large
piece of cardboard bearing the remnants
of 30 pOcketknives, which were swallowed
by an American sailor. His name was
John Cummings, and he was admitted TO
the hospital in 1922. A small book, con-
tanning also the manuscript of the print
ed copy, narrates the particulars of this re-
markable case, and it may be perused by
she privileged visitor 10 Guys.
1t appears that Cummings, during "a
spree" ashore, challenged the feats of a
sonjuror who had made pretense of swal-
lowing knives. Encouraged by his drunk
sin comrades, the sailor actually swallow
cd an opened pocketknife, to the amaze
Tnent Of the conjuror. Feeling no imme-
diate pain, he put five other knives out Of
sight in the same way. In two years time
lfe had, in the course Of bis drunken bouts
shown sufficient bravado to enlarge his in
ternal armory by 80 additional knives.
When, after his foolishness had brought
MIN TO the hospital and subsequently to
his grave postmortem examination was
Inaho, the 30 knives were removed from
mis- stomach by the amazed surgeons.
These interesting relics are exhibited
among others in the surgical classroom,
whittier the students return from the dis
secting room to correct their impressions.
Close by is another interesting object-a
glass case containing number of what
appear to be illuminated parchnents The
HrewsOme nature Of these exhibits grows
upon the visitor when he learns that they
arc simply patches of tattooed human skin
preserved In spirits. The inscription upon
zach enables one 20 trace the occupation
and character Of the unfortunate patient
from whom it was taken. One was col
orod sailor, native of Africa. On some -
squire inches Of his skin Is worked an ar
tistic representation Of tho most brilliant
plumaged birds known In the tropics.
Guys anatomical wax models are said
90 lbs tho finest in tho world. One of these
az extremely valuable, the hospital author
sites having refused the sam Of IS, 600 of
Tered for 1t by foreign medical celebrity.
IL is an absolutely perfect model of the
upper extremity OF the body showing ey-
cry muscle, gland, vein, nerve and artery.
1t took Mr.. Joseph Towne, clever dem
onstrator at Guys, fully two years TO make
az, but with him, in 1879, also died the SO.
Cret Of the process by which tho wonderful
construction OF the human body was re-
produced in wax with such marvellous
fidelity. Tit-Bit