The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-10

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lid be so good, sir, there
In the port aft hospital
in need of your services
he salutatlon of the third
lrd as he awakened the ship
tom comfortable sleep and
delightful dream concerning
hl eysium where people We're
and where ship surgeons We're
to sleep uninterruptedly each
Ens O'clock on Il miserable morn
A heavy gale from the northeast
blown steadily for thirty hours,
king up nasty sea. Despite the
eat length of the ocean greyhound,
Ter like some frightened monster Her
enormous head plowed through the
mighty waves and sent mountains Of
spray flying to the very stern.
With an alacrity born of a physi,
clans innate desire to relieve suffer
ing the ship surgeon got into his clothes
and started for the scene of his labors.
The decks were wet with rain and fly
\. ing spray and the rolling of the ship
added to the discomforts of perambula-
ton As the doctor passed Il compan
ionway leading from the weather side
Of the ship huge wave slapped
against the vessel and sent n torrent
of water through the passage. The
surgeons cap went by the board, and
,> his overcoat was drenehed He was
tempted to be angry, but as his mind
Jharked back to other days, when on
cold wet nights he had driven ten
miles or more over the bleak New
Hampshire hills on errands of mercy,
he congratulated himself on having the
- nanchest Of decks under his feet in
stead Of being compelled to guide a
horse through the murliy, impenetUable
darkness.
In Il few momYts the doctor had
ushered into the world a little life, and,
though the vessel rolled and pitched,
causing the hospital TO assume all sorts
of crazy positions at times, he felt
amply repaid for the loss Of sleep, for
this tiny boy had by few days es-
capped being born on the soil of des-
potic European nation
And this ushered in one of the doe
tors busy days. No sooner had he
comfortably ensconced himself on his
settee for a nap until the first bugle
call than he was summoned TO attend
4 sailor who had scalded his leg and
foot while preparing to swab one of
Nthe decks. Before the sailors needs
had been attended to it was breakfast
time. That gave a brief breathing
space
At 8 O'Clock the round of visits COM
menced. In the forward port hospital
a steerage passenger was found to be
i'll with pneumonia showing tempera-
ture Of 104 degrees; a steward had
acute nephritis, a fireman tonsiltis and
a boy a septic hand, which he had
brought aboard. Ia the after hospitals,
devoted to women, there were also va
riOus cases. A woman taken acutely
and maniacally insane after leaving
port demanded a good deal of atten-
ton. A young woman with pleurisy,
an old lady with facial neuralgia
child with laryngitis and another with
bronchial cold each took up portion
of the surgeons time.
At 1920 o'clock came inspection. For
an hour the captain, purser, surgeon
and chief steward thoroughly inspected
the ship from stern to stem. Every
part Of the vessel, from the first cabin
to tho ~ class and from the saloon
~ p ms forecastle, was gone
of ventilation, cleanli-
er We're considered and
did not meet the appro-
oflicers escaped detection.
hess exercised in this in
such that the stewards
test vigilance. Neatness,
lnliness have to be en-
fboard.
Bpection the surgeon made
Az cabin calls. Fortunately NAL de
Mer and minor ailments were all that
claimed his time. Then followed the
surgery hour, at which twenty-five of
the third cabin passengers and mem
bers of the crew asked for medical ad-
vice. The cases were nearly all of a
minor nature-coughs, colds, sprains,
cuts and the like. Most of the third
cabin passengers were seasck, and the
majority were more than willing to lie
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