The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-01-21
A DANGEROUS EXPERIMENT.
Young Surgeon Was Ambition, to II.
His Skill.

There was deepest sorrow in the
Brown family. 4 fearful calamity
had befallen them. The only child, a
beautiful little girl of two years, was
in a most critical condition. Not
only was her life in jeopardy, but it
it was saved she would be hopelessly
disfgured.
One physician after another had
been consulted in the quiet little town
where they lived, but the case had
proven quite beyond their skill.
The trouble seemed to have de-
veloped quite suddenly, or, rather, it
had suddenly assumed an alarmingly
serious phase. The child had been
suffering from a cold for some days,
but had nearly gotten over it when
one afternoon her mother left her in
charge of maid while she went to a
reception. When she returned the
child was suffering intensely and the
trouble seemed to have centcred in
her nose.
a physician YVES summoned, and he
pronounced it incipiently abscess. He
said it was most unusual case, as
colds with children more frequently
brought about an attack Of Group. lie
tried the scattering process, and for
couple of days the tiny face was
saturated in camphorated oil. Then
he tried soothing applications, and
for days the little face was hidden in
a nest Of hop bags. But it was all to
no avail; she was no better although,
perhaps, but little worse.
Another doctor was called in. He
was young, very popular, and fresh
from special advantages for surgical
instruction. He had performed some
very skillful operations and regarded
a nice bit of surgery as the most at
tractiye work of art that could be con-
ceived of. With a grand flourish of
trumpets and n mystifying use of
medical terms he succeeded in i'm
pressing his auditors with the ncces-
sity Of a surgical operation.
The mother groaned aloud when
she heard the suggestion. Hetold her
they would give the baby an anes-
thetic so it wouldn't feel the pain.
But that was small consolation to the
heartbroken mother. Her beautiful
darling would be hopclessly dis
figured. She had felt special pridein
the child's patrician nose.
The mother dared not take the re-
sponsibility Of deciding alone. The
child's father was travelling man and
several days would elapse before he
would be home. Thesurgcon assured
her few days delay would do no
harm and they waited.
Mr.. Brown was shocked TO find his
household plunged in such abiect
misery, but he wasn't frightened in
the least. Bessie was strong, healthy
child and he didn't believe there was
anything that thoroughly good sur
geon couldn't remedy, but he didn't
propose having any amateurs expert
menting on his little one. They
would go at once TO Chicago and find
a skilled specialist and know what was
the matter the first thing they did,
and then they would be governed ac-
cordingly.
They took the child to one of Chi
cago's best surgeons. They were pre-
pared TO give him the minutest de-
tails of the case TO aid his diagnosis,
but it wasn't necessary. the trained
eye of the expert penetrated the mys-
terry at once He made a slight ex-
animation. and then with utmost care
and gentlencss he removed from the
child's nostril a wretched little shoe
button.-Banner of Gold.