The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-12-25

SSNNS ~ INV ohNOOEs NVAANV NANAAhA
&c, according to the aptitude he may show.
but without speaking a word to any one, Ok
cent TO his jnilcr when his work requires IL.
He will receive a small portion OF what Is
gained by his work.
His meals will consist OF coffee and milk
In the morning. q vegetable with boiled pota-
toes in the middle Of the day, soup In the even
Ing, with $40 Grammcs OF bread n day. On
Thursdays and Sundays the vegetable will be
replaced by 250 erammes Of meat. After each
menl the prisoners have hnlf an hours exercise
In the COURTYARD. marching In single fle one
after the other. the same as in every other
prison. In winter he will be dressed in jacket
and trousers aud cap OF gray cloth with yell
low stripe. On Sundays he can get books
from, the prison library and ran write II he
wishes. He Is allowed to receive during the
year six visitors In the parlor. and in the pres
ence Of q jailer. but to receive or send letters
only with the permission OF the director OF the
prison, who examines their contents.
The fact that Lucchcni Is condemned to
penal servitude for life does not involve any
special treatment. In the prison Of L'Eveche
he will find one unfortunate man condemned
to the same punishment as himself. and their
lives will be identical. 1t will be Only some
act Of insubordination or rebellion. or a single
breach OF discipline. that will cause him to be
more severely treated. such as being put In n
dungeon, given a bread-and-water diet. or
some other modification o; his ordinary treat
ment with us. We make It n point Of honor
not to contribute to the degradation OF the UNI
fortunate creatures. against whom society has
TO defend Itself we also try to keep our prison
regime as humane as is consistent with the
prevention Of crime and the safety OF pris-
oners. Nowhere with us do we condemn our
prisoners to such labor MS they are made to
perform in England. az. FOR example. the tread
mill. The work Of a beast OF burden deGrades
a human being. whereas intelligent work
makes him worthy OF the name OF man. The
obligation imposed on the State OF Geneva to
support n criminal all his life will never give it
the riRht to be inhuman. even In the case of Il
LucoheDi."
Sir William Jenner. who died last Sunday
in his eighty-fourth year. was perhaps tho
most notable figure in the medical profession
OF this country. He started life as the son OF
a small innkeeper. and in his medical student
days was terribly POOR. But when he retired
from active work some five years ago he had
filled every post OF honor open to a medical
man for more than thirty years he had been
the Queens physician; he had been created
successfully a baronet. X. c. B.. and G. c. B..
heing the only physician to whom this last
HOuOT was ever uCCOTueu. it Ibu SdTueu Lle
reputation Of Icing the best teacher OF medi-
cine Of his day. and for many years his pro-
fessional. income had averaged from 100000
to $4,000 q yenr.
Jenner's lame was greatest with the men
best calculated to appreciate him. the mem
bers Of his own profession. He has left COM
paratively little In the way OF medical litera-
ture behind him.. but one title he certainly has
to universal honor. He establi she'd the essen
tial difference between two diseases which Of
fer many points OF superficial resemblance.
typhus and the so-calIed typhoid fever.
Immersed us he always was In his profess
sional work. Jenner had little time for other
pursuits, and felt but little need of them. On
one occasion when the subject Of amusement
was under discussion at his hospital. Jenner
joined in with the remark: Amusement
My amusement Is pathological anatomy" For
him the subject was then exhausted. And
once. when his audience at le,ture was small
err than usual. and 1t was suggested that some
Of the absentees might have gone to the
Derby. Jenner replied: THE Derbvl When
I was q student l no more knew when 1t was
Derby day than when it was Trinity Sunday"
Jenner was essentially a strong and self-re-
liant man. He attended the Prince Consort
through his fatal illness. he was the Prince Of
Wales's doctor when the heir to the British
throne had 80 narrow an escape in 1872. and
he also went TO Darmstadt and remained in at
tendance upon the Princess Alice till she died
To practice medicine In tho fierce light that
beats upon q throne" Is not calulated to lessen
the Observation-Disclosures; and one who knew
Jenner well once questioned him on this
point. and limited that his responsibilities must
sometimes be SUFFICIENT to render sleep or
rest i'm possible.
s'Glaan - xnn1faI TAnrAu q, lit
tic way. Il don't think that anxiety about a
patient ever kent me awake five minutes In
my life. / 60 to n bedside. I do my best.
What more can / do? Why should l not
sleep?'
Interest Is so general In the system OF living
pursued by men whose lives are prolonged be-
yond the normal span that 1t may be worth
while TO say something OF Jenner's method.
He began work early in tho morning. often
making appointments for consultations Mt 3
o'clock. His mornings he would devote to pa
tients who called upon him at his owp house..
He would begin at o O'Clock and allow to ench
one aquarter of an hour and sometimes less.
The time was:regulated by a clock In front Of
him. al ~ays used t. say that II he could not
get to the bottom Of a case in ten minutes he
never would. AT q quarter to . he would
have his luncheon-something very simple
tiilo q Sup VI tOus LHch Lo nCpJ Ou Ou Hlb
rounds of consultations. and always had his
tea sent to him, He took 1t in his carriage.
sometimes he would be out until 10 L. d.,
and would dine when he came In. drinking q
couple Of more cups OF tea. and the last thing
before retiring. between IL and IL o'clock, he
would have more tea. He was a great tea
drinker and very abstemious. never taking any
stimulant except n measured glass OF brandy
when he had indigestion. Once. for that
cause. he lived on stewsd chops and rice for
luncheon and dinner. with tea. for q couple OF
years. but ordinarily he was q great feeder.
Il recollect." says his friend. DR.. Cooper
Eenthani. ION one occasion Reynolds came to
see him. Jenper was at dinner. He had had
soup. fish. the greater part VI o chicken, and
he was in tho middle OF a huge rice pudding
when Reynolds entered and asked him. how he
was. Jenner drew a pitiiul sigh and replied.
i am not at all well-no appetite.'"
Jonner was no smoker. and had no hobby or
recreative resourc outside his profession OF
any kind. He invariably refused society invl-
tations. and. says DR.. Dentham. his power Of