New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-31
WORKING AND LEARNING.
puvs,C1ANs AND SURGEONS WATCHING
SICK AND WOUNDED SOLDIERS.

LET'S NEW TO THE DoCroRs-lNJURiES
WHICH ARE BEING TREATED-THE
MAUsER BULLET NOT so DEADLY
AS HAD BEEN EXPECTED
rho s,ck and wounded soldiers in the Brook
,vn hospitals are of great professional interest,"
% musicians and surgeons. Not since the ONii
War has the medical fraternity hereaoou's h"u
such excellent opportunities OF Studying '"e
nature and peculiar effects or gunsho' "ou"uS'
90 ~ accumulating practical experience in COM
narrative surgery on such large scaie' A"e
.urgeons and physicians Of New-forK ana
:. .har cities have focked to the Long
island College and st. Peters hospitals 10 watch
- ai,oata onerations and the knowledge
,o,ned will doubtless be OF incalculable peheh'
20 ,hep, in their profession. They have peeh
aoazed Mt the small percentage OF mortah'y
among the severely wounded soldiers. MANY
Of the soldiers despite the terrible nature VI
their wounds are recovering rapiuly' i"o o
eeons have concluded, therefore that ''e ""u-
ser bullet while effective In dlsaoihs nie"' "
not so deadly as 1t was at hrst repoi'cu W "
They also readily acknowledge that 'he Amy
surgeons whose operations had 10 NC Po
,orrnsd in the stress and excitement Oh hos'ili-
ties and under adverse circumstances h"'o
shown great skill in quick work. Inc ho'"e
surgeons also praise the FIRST ala " INC '
tured." They say that 1t has aiiayeu ie'e' ~
almost every case. and has been eiieo''e a" 10
healing work 100.
A,none 40 many wounded there are. OF coulse'
sor,a cases OF exceptional interest to the sur
seons That OF Lewis Carlisle. VINO oleo III 81
pa,ar,s uospital on Friday. is one of the most
,,, ue was a Young law student IN
xyo,arto,yn. n. Y. at the outbreak OF hos'ii'les'
anA oil
In the lighting before Santiago Mauser ou'e,
-, carlisle in the abdomen and shattered
.a,,aral ~ the vertebr@ of the spine Car'S'e
os ranoved TO Siboney and taken on ooaIu
a. belief Since then ne had been oehrious'
"a corstantly talked incoherently or MS eA-
riances In Cuba or of home and povhoou
scsnes and companions William . Nariis'e' va
1,avton. Ohio. his father. and John A NaiiS'e'
Of yyatertown, n. Y. were constant III 'i'
attendance at the hospital ana they "eie
q, the bedside OF Lewis when he dleo' |aii''ie
oasa was remarkable The surgeons thoueh. II
,,orderful that he had lived so long AFTER peine
wounded ,,,,o. tn
Another serious case that Is OF pecuii@i "
forest 10 the surgeons is that or JAMES "o"''''
Of Company X Sd Cavalry. His mo'her I'VE d.
No ~ Olive Place. Brooklyn" Jimmy
o.,,,na tor q milkman when war was declared
-. .ha. his mother would not willingly
He
lat Aim 90 20 the front. but he was bound 10
later and zone fine morning" as Mrs.
cr,or savs my Jimmy couldn't De Iouho'
=. ,os NOT until the Relief reached this port
-. cha knew that her boy had been 10 inc
80 scsnIon was struck by Mauser puiie'
- uor,,ago The ball passed through MS iei'
- ranged downward through his hver' anu
6rallv penetrated his iHtestines. Dr' =,
,.udersleeve, Of St. Peters, says that -
voc, remarkable and frightful wound Inc
.> -. ,uav Scsnlon's case day by day ana
,our after hour He Is restless DAY anu h'e"''
"a Ike Carlisle he fights imaginary battles
md frequently cries: There they are boys
sxplking In the brush!' LOOK OUT 'here' iooN
ou.,-now-now"- "Oh. tha's I'LL i'e'
", o>.. .I,ook out, there. I say.
look out' ,,., Marina,
Tn the Long Island College Hospi'ai MI mo-
Crme. a Rough Rider. is slowly nhpfoVi"9
49, orosea ambuscade Of the Rough Riders
,1auser bullet struck Orme in the apdonieh anu
,odeed near the base Of his spine Orme was
brought North on the Olivette the surgeons
,o,asa that he required careful nursing ana
80. care before he should be operated upon
,yaap aeo he was put under the KNIFE rs
,ha surpaons saw end the bullet was exuacteo'
ornoe did not want to take any anaestheuc put'
90 he expresses it, 1.-The doctors put me 10 steep
all the same
On Thursday last Dr. Delatour Of the Long
Island College Hospital, performed three oper1-
lions The most serious one was that oh
Thomas King Of Company d, Sth lnfah'I}'
His right thigh had been badly fractured "
a Mauser bullet. The surgeon had 10 open the
thigh and remove dozen pieces or shattered
hone which were imbedded in the muscles Inc
ends OF the splintered bones were then pared OH
and smoothed. The operation WINE not u''-
,,s,,oI was Of a delicate nature DIR. Delatour
expects that King will recover 'he use OF MS
leg Just as the surgeon had finished the opera
ton William A. Cooper. colored man. OF COM
many A. 10th Cavalry. limped into the operating
room and said:
Doctor, dahs a bullet in me thigh ana Ia
like TO have il in me pocket"
The bullet was extracted, and Cooper now
nroudlv exhibits il 10 his comrades and TO
visitors.
John Ratigan Of Company F. 18th Regiment
is minus mis- right leg "A part OF me Ia IKE
10 have is buried in Siboney," he says A shell
shattered his leg so badly that amputation was
necessary William Kilkerwick. OF Company H.
TIN Regiment says that he and Ra,ighn would
be able to balance nicely. kHkerWicks ielt aim
was blown off by a shell at Ell Caney The
stump was hastily amputated at Sihoney ana
was reamputated on board the fehef on July
10 Both men say that they would cheerfilly
lose the other leg or arm for Uncle Sam.
There are many other peculiar wounds. Sew
eral men show their Army hats. through which
bullets have passed. These perfWations the
soldiers call "arholes." One man whose nat was
shot through has a long scar on the top OF his
head. where the bullet glanced In its pass1ge
Another man shot in the chin. The bullet
passed along the jaw without shatterine It, and
came out at the back OF his neck. He will be
marked for life. David Schnabel. of Company
c. 4th Infantry, had both Of his thighs wounded
at San Juan Hill He fell down and said to q
COMPANION: DWELL. I'll be damned l can't get