New-York tribune., 1903-04-26
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people in winter often wiping out half a settle
nent Wounds matter how frtghtfu. were
treated by squirting tobacco Juice into them
and binding them up with old rag. Even
tobacco and rags were wanting in some places
In one miserable hut was found little
girl whose feet had been badly frozen early IN
the winter. There was nothing in the settle
Inent to help her. and while she suffered tort
ures the frozen limbs grew worse. and gan
creme set in
They viii have TO come on. her fAtner said.
"or you will die"
.syyi1 il hurt unuch?" asked the little one
-Pu do it quickly" he answered getting
hatchet from the shelf
1T can't hurt much more than il does now
said the child, heroically. and she put the worst
leg on the block shut her eyes and waited
one can only imagine the feelings OF the
father, as. in his despair be performed the
crude operation. There are not words TO de-
scribe the suffering OF the child who stood il
without a soothing anRsthetic- How sne ever
managed to recover without the use OF antisep-
tic dressings of any kind IS hard to understand
On one trip among the lonely coast settlers
Dr. GrenfeH found an aged woman Who had
tuuor on the leg He decided that it would
have to be cut out but told her that they would
give her something to put her to sleep during
the operation He set the operation for the
next morning and went on with his visits
I'm not going to take your sleep stuf.' she
declared when he came the following day. Il
might not wake up
But you will die if 1 do not operate"
They Will hold me while you Go it. she said
indicating five strong men who were waiting n
the cabin. She had called them in FOR that pur-
pose.
The doctor got out his instruments and pre-
pared for the operation
Can 1 bawI when it hurts?' demanded the
woman.
The fishermen seized her. the doctor began.
and bawI she did. Ten minutes after the opera
tiOn. however she was laughing over it. and II
two weeks she was we'll
In a hut far from other habitations Dr Cren-
fell came upon a most miserable sufferer. As
be entered the dark, foul smelling place. man
vas moaning piteOUSIy- He held up two ter
ribIe things, the stumps Of his arms He had
shot them both OF while seal hunting TWO
weeks before and from that time had been lying
his back with nothing over his wounds but
an oiI-soaked rag. placed there BY = fellow
hunter.
The doctor operated though he had few in
struments and hardly enough ch-oroform to
ease the mans most terrible pangs. The fellow
stood the pain manfuIly. but the operation was
too late: be died that night. And perhaps it
was just as we'll fer a man without arms would
have little chance in Labrador
The simple reports which the doctors turn in
often read like pages from the notebook of an
Arctic explorer. Here is a bit from Dr Simp-
sons report.
"A from Ha-Ha arrived. and requested
me 70 go at once TO attend his wife. IL was ex-
ceedingiy cold with q dead head wind. but on
we went over hill and dale. across frozen ponds
and lakes and bays. along frozen brooks and
streams. until at last PistoIet Bay was reached
Now came eur hardest work. A light drift OK
blowing up with the wind. and once
on the bay no sheItering land was near More
than once We had to warn each other Of small
pa atches Of frostbite on nose. ears and cheeks
vigorous treatment. however, soon restored the
circulation The poor dogs had hard work
against the cutting wind. but eventually We ar