The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-27
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OF course. amazing things are con-
dnually happening in the world Of
medicine and surgery. But here are .
Few cases that are queer indeed. A.
Clarkneld. Mimi. physician. driven 10
desperation by pain and his failure to
ma = surgeon who could relieve him
OF growth that threatened to de-
stroy his jawbone, stood before : mir
ror In his ONCE. made an incision lust
below his left jaw. cut away the. fIesh
from the point Of the chin almost to
the left ear. scraped the bone ana
then sewed up the wound. He was
AIDED only by nurse. who was the
nrst: to give way under the strain.
In = paper read before Q medical
society In Chicago . physician advo-
Gated the taking Of tucks In the mus
cleo that control the ball Of the era
~ . means Of STRENGTHENING ..cross
eyes" For years. doctors have been
shipping the muscles with small
shears: but this physician maintained
that by tightening up tho muscle ON
the other side OF tho cross-eye, much
a. man tightens one suspender. tho
From Berlin, last March. came the
story OF . queer md in the abdomen
Of . brewers drayman. He went to
= hospital suffering from severe pains
In his abdomen and Rontgen rays re-
vealed the presence Of a foreign body
inside him. An incision revealed q
pair Of artery forceps which must
have been left there at one Of two pre-
vious operations held, respectively,
seven and three years before. For
the shorter period, at least, the man
had been doing his heavy work with
this instrument In his abdominal cav
ity.
Many people make strange Wills. A
Berkley. Cal, widow who died last
July took queer measures to insure
past all doubt that neither she nor
her pet animals would be buried alive.
She willed that her heart be cut out
within twenty-four hours after the
time she was declared dead ana her
body held seven days before burial.
Also. that her pet animals be chloro-
formed within twenty-four hours OF
her death ana their bodies held under
water for the same length of time.
Gave Himself Up.
Crime IL ever an interesting smh.
ject. And all the more 30 when some
thing freakish In nature II unearthe6
Last March Columbus. O., man. in
dicted and convicted Of blackmail. an
peared before = q. g. District Jude
and begged to be given the punish
| ment to avoid which he had been .
fugitive for ten years. While out on
bail he had ned the country, thus e.
| Gaping q thirteen months imprison-
| ment. Though he had changed hi,
| name and had prospered in a foreier
| land. his conscience troubled hin, ~
| persistently that he was Compelled r.
return and ask to he sent to fan 70
T, serve out his sentence
Last April In Philadelphia a nav
trial was granted In q common nIess
court during the hearing Of an eject.
| ment suit, when 1t was discovered that
one OF the jurors was a deaf muta
How he became q member OF tho 1urI
and why he sat through the trial. nm.
able to hear q word Of the evidence
or TO speak. was . mystery which No
one seemed able to explain.
obviously, burglar is not an hon.
est man. And yet. an honest bur-
glar appeared in Detroit, Mich. las,
April. when he found SIS In a Jewel.
case on the dresser OF a home he M
broken into and took but e2 Of It
Moreover. he left q note which read
Thanks. lady. I was hungry 20 ]
took the two dollars
Left Empty Handed.
An even more honest" burglar wal
the one who entered a house in Cali
fornia, Pa. found a child's toy banh
containing thirty dollars. Across the
top OF the bank was printed thu
phrase, I'm God We Trust" The bur.
glar left the bank untouched: in fact
he left the house empty-handed. Blu
under the inscription he scrubbed
$50 did I-once!"
Every year has its instances OF pre-
cocious children. Here in one fol
1919. From England comes the story
| of q blacksmith who il four year.
| and two months old Every day aftel
school he helps his father in his
blacksmith's shop not far from Glas-
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