The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-05
ADMIRAL DEwEY's LIVER.
Half of II I'm Glass Bottle Rt
Malta.

MUttH.
| From the New York Journal
Admiral Dewey, the nations hero, Ia
| scheduled to arrive in New York Sept IS
But not all of him viii arrive then. Part
of him will remain in Europe.
IL will be his liver!
1t is perhaps not generally known that
the admiral is going about with only half
q liver Yet such is the case. The other
half is at present at the Naval Hospital,
at Nalletta, ON the Island of Malta.
The story of how Dewey came 20 be III
vOrced from so important a part of him
| self is a most interesting one.
Late i'm November of 1882 Commander
George Dewey was ordered to New York
| 10 take command of the cruiser Juanita.
| The Juanta was a third-rate cruiser OF
about 800 tons displacement which was
/ at that time being repaired in New York.
| IT was to be sent around the world to join
Read Admiral Clitz, commanding the
Asiatic Squadron.
Under Dewey's able direction she was
soon made ready, and toward the close of
the year set out for Gibraltar. Dewey
was not in good health when he left New
York, aud a few days AT sea found him in
a wretched condition. lie kept up brave
| ly, however. When his Illness grew more
serious the ships surgeon found that
| iiOtHiAlS GilOlA VI Dl'tl oAiph NOhAh ~ us
relief.
When they got into the Mediterranean
word was cabed the department at Wash
| ington, advising the officials there of Dew
| ey's condition. Commander r T.. Harring-
| ton who was stationed at the Naval Acad-
| envy at Annapolis as head of the depart
! ment of astronomy and navigation, was
| Immediately ordered TO meet the Juanita
| and take command. He left New York
on Feb q, 1888 for Havre From there he
went by rail to Alexandria, Egypt, to
which point the Juanita had been taken
from Malta by Dewey's first lieutenant
| Many stories have been related purport-
| ing to show the cause of the admiral
| liking for the English, but, without doubt,
( the most potent cause is the kind treat
| ment and tender care that he on this oc-
| casion received at the hands of her mai
estys subjects.
The surgeons at the hospital found that
| a serious operation was necessary, incur
| ring the removal of several ounces of the
| liver. In an operation consU1lng some
| three hours the surgeons-RoDert F. Yeo
| and John j. Enthusiastically removed
| six and three-quarter ounces of the con-
gested organ Fleet Surgeon Finucane and
Hospital Physician Fitzgerald also aided
| in the operation.
The liver was put in a glass bottle and
| placed in the museum as an evidence Of
the surgeons skill. There it has since re-
| manned When Dewey became strong
enough to travel ne returned to his home
i'm Montpelier, Vt, where he remained on
| sick leave.
Since that time he has had to be ex-
| ceedingIy careful of his diet. IL Is hard
TO believe that aught could Brighten Dew
ey but if there Is anything that is cal
| culated to do so it is the prospect of
| facing any of these proposed 800 dinners
| He declines all invitations to the semi
private affairs, as the formula, Eat drink
| and be merry" Is to him impossible.
In order to see the visible half Of his
| liver, l left Syracuse on Sunday evening
/ on the Tripoi boat, which touches at Nal
! IA. arriving about dawn the next day
Right after breakfast | drove to the hos
pital 1 stated my business and was
promptly ushered into the office of Rear
Admiral Lloyd of the Royal Navy.
"Have we Admiral Dewey's liver here?"
he repeated; 1--WE heard some talk to that
| effect. but really 1 have never had the
time to look it up. However, I shall in
! troduce you to Mr.. Kershaw, the hospital
surgeon, who will know"
DR.. Kershaw was delighted to be able
| to take me into the museum.
at wasn't until some time after the bat
| tie Of Manila that any one paid any att
/ tention to the dusty bottle upon the OBJ
scure SHELF he said. when VIC came to