St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-12-04

Editor CALEDONIAN:
We came down from Edinburgh t
Leeds to see one man work in the LeeC
7. Inhrmary. Leeds is a large manufactu
ing town, the size of Boston, and IL
Leeds In6rmary is the big gener;
hospital for that section of England
They treat about 5000 surgical case
. and 1000 medical annually. May
0 Robson made his worldwide reputatio
in abdominal surgery at the Iced
Inhrmary, and went to London fe,
4 years ago. When he left, his assistant
B. 6. Moynihan, took up his work an
. he is easily the best surgeon have eve
seen anywhere. We saw him do l.
t operations in two days and all wer
done in the incest manner. He is verl
quiet and unassuming man. genial t.
meet, and always gentleman, Visitors
are welcome at his clinics, and he tool
marked pains to show us and explain
every step in his work. We were amply
paid for our whole trip in seeing this one
man alone, and onleaving were cordially
invited to come again. Mr.. Moyrihan
has been in America and spoke very
highly of some American surgeons, nota-
bly, the Mayos of Minnesota
We arrived in London at midnight,
Oct 20, and found quarters at the same
place where we stayed nine years ago.
Coming through Scotland and England
we stopped in the railroad hotels in
every town where we remained day or
two. They are all new and modern, and
W, found them all right in every way.
London seems just the same as nine
years ago. 1t is just as foggy, just as
smoky, just as dirty on wet day, and
just as delightful in all ways. Some
how it don't seem as big as then and
things are not so wonderful as before,
but the work we came for is here and
plenty of it.
The British Museum, and art galleries,
and st. Paul's, and all the monuments,
are just little dirtier than nine years
ago. The streets at night are better
lighted, being lighted with Welsbach gas
burners now, and means of getting
about are swifter than before The
system OF subways is good, the tracks
are well laid, and the cars about like the
ones in the New York subway. Then,
too, there are many motor buses now,
and they do big business. They are
cutting in badly on the old horse buses.
They run very fast and if one is in
hurry are much better than the slower
ones. Still for sight seeing the old front
top seat on the drivers left is good
enough, and two pennies unloosens his
tongue, and good time can be had in
his company for miles, They drive in
the same skillful manner, lodging other
vehicles by hairs breadth, and jollying
all the other drivers. They are good
sort and London will miss them if they
are ever done away with.
We have visited hospitals here every
day, and find that time can be most
spent in the London clinics,
as under the new arrangement there is /
work both morning and afternoon.
There is only one large surgical hospital,
however, which has any work Saturday
afternoon. The rest all take a half
holiday. The rest of day and half
S good, however, and five days a week
walking hospitals" as they term it here
S hard work, for lame man ANYWAY.
We find Americans everywhere here. in
all the clinics, and London is fast gaining
On Vienna and Berlin as an educational !
center. They have fine system here of
lectures IN the morning upon a certain
subject, and in the afternoon showing
some operations, about which they I
ectured few hours before. This fixes It
all on mans mind and is vastly better
than simply going about watch
ing operations alone. The variety too
IS very great, while the number is all al
man can do from 1.30 p. M, until T o.
m. We have seen in one day. for instance
the entire large intestine removed in two
patients. One man, Mr.. Lane, originat-
I'd this operation and has had great
success in it. He showed last week
IL patients in an afternoon clinic. who
lad undergone this operation, and from
he history they each gave as to their
before and after there was no
1oubt as to the benefcent effect in suit
able cases. In the great London Hospi-
-al down in White Chapel Road there
are fine operating rooms on one floor
and there is work in each from 100 n.
M, until the cases are disposed of. We
saw here IN one day recently four cases of
congenital hip dislocation treated by the
Lorenz method. The surgeon, Mr.
Openshaw, told me that he only got
about SIX absolute cures in 20 cases.
Still, it is bloodless method, and MANY
prefer it. 1t is quite difficult manpuyer
and requires strength and skill on the
part of the operator.
The London hospital has about 900
beds and of course treats an enormous
number OF patients yearly. It really is
not wonder that men get to be good
surgeons when they have so great an
OF material, it would be great
wonder II they were not. 1t is the same
here as in other places, one sees MANY
surgeons who should have been tealusters
or blacksmiths, and they would have