Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-18

SPECIAL spunutNCe.
A lew YORK. Aug. l4.--There is a
M thcater in this city which reg.
Y ularly. day after day. attracts
audiences made up Of learned
men who come from the four corners OF
the globe You win not find It's name
listed IN the theater bulletin at any
hotel yet its fame Is worldwide. The
theater Is always crowded whenever a
performance is ON, for, as a rule. each
drama is different from the preceding
one, aud each is realistic beyond any
thing ever portrayed by the masters OF
dramatic art The chief performer is
invariably a distinguished artist, and
IL is In ms work that the interest Of
the audience centers. Onentlmes his
wonderful SKIN and scarcely less Won
derful self-ContrOl-an all-important
feature OF his art-result In what might
truly be termed a miracle play.
For the theater Is the celebrated one
connected with the Post Graduate Med
ical school and hospital. The leading
actor is some skilled and courageous
surgeon. The audience Is composed Of
doctors, old and young, natives and
foreigners. all gathered for the single
purpose ot perfccting their knowledge
~ the science OF saving human lives.
The subject OF the drama Is usually
some patient such as the medical fra.
ternity iu this country Acknowledges
ga IN. a -
OuS in the metropolis. for here in
New York are millions Of all SORTS and
conditions OF men, Here are quarters
each with rs own distinctive army Of
foreigners-an Italian quarter as large
as a seaport on the Mediterranean. a
Jewish quarter Ike another Kishineff
o Greek quarter. hardly less impressive
than Athens itself and ia these yari-
Gus quarters disease takes on curious
forms. The Post Graduate hospital
whore special attention IS paid 20 the
most difficult and battling cases. Is con-
Scqucutly @ sort Of composite lnstitu-
ton suggestive Of an the European
ccuters. and that Us what makes the
school the Mecca ~ advanced students
of mciioisu and surgery.
or This school the most conspicu-
Gus feature D. the operating theater
As in an ordinary theater, work on
The stage begins before the audience
is seated First Of an. an orderly
WASHES the marble walls of the pit
and the tiled floor ~ the stage itself.
Tor the scene OF the drama about 10
Dc enacted must be as speckless as
human hands can make A. Then
thc nurse who plays the role Of sponge
Wriugcr-a quiet, progressing young
woman aturcd in blue. whose par
uCulur duty 90 .s % look out for the
sp"ngcs and tampou--appears on tho
stage For tha space Of five minutes,
she does nothing but wash her hands
ana her arms and then Tor three min
utes more she immcrses them IN a
solution Of Mchloride OF mercury.
After that she b. prepared to play
her part Her arms and hands are
absolutely free from germs and she
must take car, not 20 touch anv un-
-terili2ed object until the performance
BIZ over.
Next The assistant nurse takes three
t.g white pitchers and plunges them
lu ca germicldai bath and then nils
them with microbe-killing solutions In
which from time To time the surgeon
win DIP HIS fingers. She also places
1n anusepiic cloth upon the table at
which she is 90 stand. and In . tray
She lays sterllized napkin TO hold
dressings spouges and iampons. IL
is part o. her duty 90 keep tally on
these things al she hands them 20 the
surgeon. over The frame OF her Ia
be- and over that 81 the table which