The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1907-11-15
FOUND that THE
boy COULD WALK.
Some Successful NOn-Surgical
Work Done at Surgical
Clinic.

Because Tennyson Phillips, age ten,
who knew he could not walk, was
compelled 10 walk anyhow. DR.. H..
r. Allen and the State college Hos
pital seem to be in trouble. Mr.. and
Mrs. William Phillips, parents of Pen
nyson, declare he has been cruelty
treated by the physician. The physi-
clan and the score of medical students
who witnessed the boys treatment in
clinic at the hospital Thursday say the
boy was made 10 walk by being con-
WINGED that there was nothing the mat
ter with his powers of locomotton-
that he was scared into walking, in
other words, though he had not walk
ed without braces, for several years.
"The boy was brought to the elm
ic," said DR.. Allen, "by the mother
She said he had been scalded seven
years ago and had never been able to
walk since. He was wearing a set of
braces that covered almost his whole
body. One glance at them caused me
to think that If the boy could walk
with those braces on, he could walk
better without them. They didn't
seem to provide any support whatever.
Il examined his legs for any de-
formities there might be and fonud
none, nor was there any evidence of
his having been scalded at any time.
The mother called attention TO his
knees,says they were swollen. l could
not See the swelling, nor could any OF
the students or nurses.
81 came 10 the conclusion that the
boy could walk IL he were only con-
vinced that he could So l sent the
mother from the room and had the
boy lie, on the operating table.
told him | intended 10 amputaie his
legs, that they were of no use 10 him,
and that keeping him in braces was
considerable expense TO his parents
He agreed that it should be done. The
prospect didn't seem 10 worry him al
all. He called my bluff, in other
words
l had the students bring the in
struments necessary for amputation,
and still he showed no signs of fear
This aroused suspicion of another kind
but that need not be mentioned.
Finally, | said to the students
that inasmuch as l didn't intend to
use chloroform, they could see thai
he didn't make a noise when | began
TO cut. l told them to stuff towel
in his mouth, in order to smother his
cries. AS did that | turnd my back.
He Immediately slipped off the table
TO the floor.
" Don't do that, DOCTOR he cried,
L can walk
"He was standing upright. | told
him 10 walk. He ran across the room.
l said 10 him that he couldn't walk,
that he could only run. Then he walk
ed slowly. He kept his back bumped,
however, and l made some objection
TO that. Then he walked as straight
as anybody.
I'VE called his mother in to see the
boy walk. He walked across the room
TO her. To our surprise, it made her
angry. 1t wasn't right, she declared,
TO abuse him that way. She demanded
the braces Well,it seems that some
one of the students or someone else
had sequestered the braces. | don't
know what became of them. She got
a cab TO take the boy home"
Clarence Strickland, son Of State
Representative Harry G. Strickland, of
Greenfield, one of the students in the
class, went home with the mother
and son. He says that the boy walk
ed without difficulty from the carriage
TO the door of the house.
E. r. Rush, Of Indianapolis, and
others of the students tells the story
Of the boys learning to walk in
much the same manner as DR.. Allen.
When Tennyson was first brought in
to the class, they say, and the braces
were taken off, he could not stand
up. His legs gave way under him.
Several efforts were made to induce
him to stand alone, but each time his
legs doubled up and he fell to the
floor.-Indianapoli News.
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