The times., 1898-04-29
SPRINTED TO SAVE A LIFE.
An Ambulance Doctors Run to Meet
nm Emergency.

All AUnDutHhte KUN wee
nm Emergency.
New York. April 2S.-.Dr. Gormley. {
resident surgeon in ST. Mary's Hospital
Brooklyn, yesterday set a fine pace fol
all young ambulance surgeons to follow
This is meant literaHy-a fine pace and {
fine example. For the ambulance broke
down that was hurrying DR.. Gormley tc
a man bleeding to death, and the sur
geon ran a full mile in about six min
utes. stanched the hemorrhage and saw
ed life.
Stranislaus Zuzansky it is who may
bless his lucky stars that DR.. Gormley
gained a reputation as a runner at col
lege, and is still good all-round ath-
lete. ZuZansky is. a driver for Daniel
Groth, of No 342 Christopher Street,
Brooklyn. Groth lately bought a horse
which turned out to be a vicious brute,
of which even the stablemen were afraid.
Zuzansky was in the stable yesterday
afternoon and some of the hostlers dar-
ed i'm to put a bride on the new horse.
Zuzansky not to be dared. bride in
hand, cautiously entered the stall. The
horse. with his ears fiat on his head,
watched the man from the corner of his
eye, and when ZuZansky got close enough
in his left leg and hurled him. limp and
senseiess, against the stable door. The
fierce kick caused a compound fracture
of Zuzanskys thigh bone, and the Jag
ged end of the bone cut an artery so that
blood simply spurted, intermittently,
from the wound. a hostler called ST.
Marys Hospital for an ambulance, 9TH
ers ran for the nearest physician, and.
not finding them, roughly but vainly
fried tn blaaIinp I,rz Y,=lyx
grew pale, sweat beaded his forehead,
gradually he went into collapse
Meanwhile DR.. Gormley, in an ambu-
lance, was answering the call But when
the ambulance, changing along, reached
Eastern Parkway and Rockaway avenue,
a wheel caught in Il rut and snapped off.
over went the ambulance, spilling the
surgeon and the driver. but, fortunately,
hurting neither DIR. Gormley picked
picked up the case of instruments. He
hunted for a car to carry him to Chris
topher street, but no cars run that way
from where he was.
Then two boys, dispatched from the
stable. rushed up to him.
"The-the mans dying. they painted.
1t took DR.. GOrmley the tenth of sec
ond to make up his mind what was first
necessary TO do in this case. He clapped
ms nat on MS 0Gdu- DuIIOHeu up MS
coat, grasped tighter his instrument case
and started for No. 342 Christopher
street at a speed that would be loudly
applauded on a cinder track. The stable
was a mile away, and as the surgeon, in
uniform, sped along at a six-minute gait
many turned and. wonderingly looked
after him. Some Joined in the race
But DR.. Gormley did not heed them, for
he had but one purpose in mind-his prize
was to be a mans life. He got to the
stable thoroughly winded, but while he
caught his breath he got out the instru-
ments and the bandages and listened to
the chorus of information as to how the
vicious horse kicked Zuzansky.
Then DIR. Gormley delicately took up
the bleeding artery and tied it and saved
enough blood to keep Zuzansky going
until he could produce more. And then
he bandaged the wounded mans broken
leg. But ZuZansky was so far gone so
weak, that he did not dare to take him
to the hospital. and ne was put to bed
in his employers house.
Five minutes more" exclaimed DR..
GormIey, and he snapped his fingers.
Which meant that, if he had arrived five
minutes later, ZuZansky would now be
in place where horses don't kick.
Then, much gratified DR.. Gormley took
a car and rode to the hospital.