Bisbee daily review., 1903-05-26
A SURGICAL DEVICE
IOripinall

sicians and Surgeons, "let me impress upon you one caution. When you have done everything in your power for a patient with the hope of benefit, never cease to apply some new device, no matter how little connection it may have as a remedy with the disease. By this course you will gain time, retain the confidence of the patient and keep him from sinking into despair"
 The great surgeon bowed to the class cs an announcement that his address was finished. and the members before passing out each waited his turn to take lis preceptOr by the hand. One hung back til the others had all left.
 "pr. Kcnworthy." he said, for the .lst time I ask your consent ! have no desire to rob you of the daughter you love. nor will sEe marry me with out your leave. l hope you will not continue your opposition"
 T shall have no opposition to make when you have built up a practice"
 The young man departed, sorrowful; the doctor took up his hat and went to the hospital to perform critical oper- ation
 Ten years later Dr. Kenworthy was travelling in t!,e west and stopped in little town in the Rocky magrtains, Being troubled with indigestion. he took a vial from his satchel. held the bottle in oGo hand, q spoon in the oth- er. and, drawing the cork with hi5 teeth, held it there while he dropped the medicine in the spoon. A violent hiccough caused him to relax his hold on the corl. and at the same time draw it into his windpipe. In few minutes Inc household, having been summoned by q violent pull at the bell, were gath e-cd about the doctor.
 Dr. Kenwortby of course knew very well what shoyld be done in his case. but with the cork in his windpipe. pur- pla in the face. his eyes bulging out of their sockets. he was not only unable 10 articulate, but his facultieS were momentarily impaired. The country doctor got tnr patient into . chair and began a succession of efforts to eX- tract the cork. They were not success tUi, anu IL DtEih Np AOph 1s1 a NN~ N%ANs was gear Suddenly the mountain practitioners eye lighted as if with q new hope Throwing down his forceps and his hooks. he showed by his ex. nressive countenance every indication that he had solved the problem. The bystanders wondered by what new method the doctor was about to win bn FAnln-l 1f him syondeTiuGIy.
 '"Tal:e oii hia coatr' cried the younger doctor impcratively. Two attendants seized pr. kanworthy and raised him violently. while the landlord divested him of his upper garment
 of with his collar"
 This. too. was accomplished with tha haste and energy. Of despair fr'nsed with hope
 some beeswax"
 The house was hunted. but Do bees wax found The landlady brought in some honey. which as soon as the coun try doctor saw it he exclaimed joy fully:
 "The very thing: far better than beeswax. more soothing; more to my purpose"
 Dipping his fingers into tine dish. be broke off piece of the comb. the cells filled with honey. and began rubbing it upon Dr. Kenworthy's throat.
 Now, the great surgeon was, 90 thor oughly coguizant that rubbing honey comb on mans throat for the pur pose of expelling a cork from his wind pipe was So useless. the idea was 80 su premcly ridiculous. that had he been able he would have burst into q fit of laughter He did the next thing, Ee laughed invarily Whether this inter nal Isirth relaxed the muscles or biS coughings had by this time loosarcd the cork, or both. 10 man. not even th" great surgeon himself. could tell but the fact remains that the stopper sly ped from its pl1cp, and thr patient spIt it cut on the floor.
 For @ few minutes the relieved man was 90 overwhelmed with c6uErJ tCla- tionS that he wns unable to get in a wcrI. The village doctor showed q mos- thau ordinary interest in Lis pa- tieu, by sinking into 2 chair and draw ing a few long braIths of relief. AS soon as Dr Kenworthy could escape from a clamOr of congratUia tons t'.. zailt to tEe village physician:
 Doctor, have practiccd and taught surgery for thirty years. I an famil- far with every newly discovered device for relieving a patient from an ob 5trIction in the larnyX or the esop!la gus. but never have before heard of rubbing the patients throat with bon Cy. VIII you kindly inform me of tha connection between the remedy aul the cureT'
 pr Karworthy," replied the village doctor you do not seem 10 recognize me"
 The surgeon took from his vest pos.,- et a earsightcd glass and surveyed his BrescTve--
 Upon my word-gou are aot-Tor e9uHot-he"-
 "Ycs. 1 am I iisteGcd to Toar af- dress to our class the day we were graduated. and I have net forgotten your advice never to cease applying some device to patient in danger. 10 matter how little connection it might have with tbe disease as remedy"
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