The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-10-13

After shaving the calves of the PATIENT
legs. where adhesive plaster must be placed
the assistants place a piece OF wood three
inches square at the middle OF a long strip
Of the plaster. There Is a stout cord run
ming through this. SO that tension may be
applied from below the heel to pull the LEI
straight.
Doctor Campbell cuts several pieces o!
heavy cardboard to fit the sides Of the
thighs. After these have been moistened
to soften them they are bound on over a
thin layer of cotton. Then the Hodgen
splint or brace Is adjusted.
The operation on one leg is completed by
running bandages under the leg from side
to side Of the brace, forming a cradle. in
which the limb is suspended by means of
pulleys to the ceiling. The second operation
is identical with the first. There had been
no great pain. though the Patient took no
ch1oroform.
NEW CASES.
3:35 p. M~.-Sufering from alcoholism, q
woman giving her name as Nellie Smith. s.
years old. Ii placed In q cell In the obeerva-
ton ward because her choice OF words
would be less obnoxious there than else
where.
$50 P. M.-John Pinckney, an English Ia
borer. s. years old. arrives. suffering from
. scalp wound. which may Indicate a frac-
tured skull. He has fallen through an ele-
vator shaft in the post Office. In the sur
gical ward. No. Is. he is placed on the op-
Grating table Immediately. Doctor Hardy,
with one nurse for assistant. shaves the pa
TENTS head. Doctor Hardy cuts down to
the skull to see II this is fractured. is
not. He applies pincers to each Of u torn
veins and arteries, after which he tie hem
VI. Eight stitches complete the operation.
Ais p. M.-Three cases. John Bfodefick.
Philip John and Lafayette Nichols. come in
in quick succession. All are medical oases'
and are assigned to divisions 6 and q This
last of the three Is q negro preacher. the
others are laborera -
5:45 p. M.-Fred Mccarthy II BROUGHT in
by a policeman Is q patient for the obser-
walton ward. The examining physician does
not think his mind affected in any way. He
tells q plausible story. alleging that he has
been arrested aS a result Of q complaint
inspired by spite. He Is well behaved when
placed in a cell to remain over night, aft
er which he probably will be discharged.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDES.
7:15 p. M.-Another observation case. q
woman. She is said to 4 W attempted
suicide by drowning at the foot of Angel
rodt street. and herself claims to have spent
the last few nights on a park bench looking
at the moon. She Ii quiet.
$50 p. MA policeman brings . maj who.
he says, has taken poison. The man awAkes
while on the stretcher being carried into the
receiving-room-
where am II he cries. what are you
doing with me? Why. I was asleep In my
bed! Where am II My name Is Eugene
Eager"
The policeman answers that the mans
wife had called for assistance. Eager could
not be Weakened. So he had been hurried
to the City Hospital.
Assistant Superintendent Rassieuf orders
Eager pumped out. to be on the safe side.
It ie never well to believe the statements of
49, -ho L. -,~~An%oA ~ hsufn~ afkacn1t,A
suicide.
In the bathroom q long, red rubber tube
ending in q funnel II procured. Il IL ex-
pected that Fager will resist. Seven men
enter the room to assist Doctor Forder,
handles the tube.
However. BY diplomacy the physicians in
luce the patient to submit. About twenty
inches Of tbs tubs II thrust down Pagers
throat. Then, while Doctor Forder holds
The tube. an assistant pours indicated wa
.er into the funnel 1t the other end. Thus
he contents Of the stomach are removed.
Ind thus II the jumping OUT process con-
F1aser IL put In . cot. q well man. to
,leep until morning.
3 p. M.-They are fumigating division No.
The patients have been removed. In each
u two rooms IL . large pan Of sulphur on
! tripod. under which Il q charcoal fire. The
ioors have been closed, the fire has begun
o cook the sulphur until the fumes and
,acteria all about are going to their long
lone.
30 p. A-Cfa1ed by cocaine, q neyress is
'rought in by OAicer Skelly Of the Fourth
The woman gives her name as
dinnie Mack. She battles with the attend
,nts until trapped fast TO a stretcher.. on
hen pumped out.
She bites ct the rubber tube. A wedge of
mod has IN h 1Aod In fnYro hae footh nnon
( little avail she still struggles and lights.
no alter ne p1msins out must be strapped
A DIVERSION.
1oNs 2. A..rns nfe escape BY division 9
struck p lightnins: The nfty patients in
nj aasG' a1s f hsaas a. 'n sn ao s.1. ssd 81 81 the
nore seriously Affected are panic-stricken.
;urss Nellie Zanemeister runs from tbs
s.n s y an ias'G se1 soo aasl. s she :n. sss h tss
from their cots, Some Of The 6older
he rain q : sadSsn thunderstorm q enter
Miss zangneister. stops in the middle Of
ae room She strikes her hands hard to-
mot another silly move In this wardr"
Her presencs Of min 10 dominant.
The DOCTOR entering moment later
Al 10 the ward calm and orderly.
rattling with the CHATTER Of dishes. The
urses. who came on duty At 8 p. m for
Telvo hours service. are Just beginning
, dine.
The young doctors who room on the third
DOR are retiring for the night, O sub
.ct to call ut any hour.
The smell Of sulphur from the disinfec-
on Of division No. 2 pervades the damp
tmospAere after the rain has ceased.
Upstairs all b quiet. Here and there an
ectfjc Hight burns Over D desk, where a
nf1e b hlllng out her reports. Most of
- patients are asleep. A rev stare With
.iiinG.
the clerks are telling quietly
ine3dents Of the day.
ffom AcfosB the yard there comes the
aaaacal yell. OF m observation" patient
d Q guards hoAfSe command to "shut up"
The history Of . day at the City Hospital
complete.