Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-10-17
VIEWS And INTERVIEWS
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Stories Concerning Folks and Things
Some Of Which You Know and
Some You Don't Know-condensed
for Quick Reading.
II was the privilege of Here and
There" not long ago to witness what
was to him, strange and unusual
sight, one of those sights that most OF
us, including Here and There, would
rather hear Of than witness. 1t was a
very painful surgical operation, in
volving the future comfort, If not the
/ life, of q sufferer from broken arm.
The Fennell Inflrmary was the place.
i and DR.. Fennell himself was the oper-
ator. 1t was this circumstances that
made the witnessing a privilege-con-
sciousness of witnessing the work of
la great master in a great profession
otherwise Here and There n would
hardly have risked himself through
the ordeal which to man unaccus-
toned to such things. Is peculiarly
trying. The patient was an ex-soldier,
a young man from Great Falls, who
had broken his arm in the early part
of the war by being thrown from a
cavalry horse. and who, on account
of the malpractice of an army sur
geon, was discharged with his arm In
still a horrible condition. The break
was in the forearm, a few inches
above the wrist. The bones had never
been properly set, and during the past
two years the protruding end on one
! of them had forced itself out and pro-
duced a painful sore on the inside OF
the wrist. Also the broken bone had
grown longer and had produced an
ugly downward curve of the hand.
| The young soldier, a splendid spec'-
men of physical manhood, handsome
and powerful, had been suffering
azonies ever since. The Red Cross
ladies had learned Of the case and had
invoked the assistance Of DR.. Fennell.
lit was an accidental happening that
Here and There" was present. He
had gone to the doctor to have wart
taken from under his eye, and after
the offending growth had been re-
moved, Dr. Fennell challenged him to
lgo into the operating room, a place
where very few Of the laiety, except
especiaiiy close friends of the doctor
ever go in any other capacity than as
patients. Already the, young soldier
had been secured to the operating
table by means of stout leather Straps.
There were three nurses and two
doctors around him. One Of the nurses
was administering ether in a gently
trickling stream of the fluid onto e
pad of cotton gauze that fitted over the
patients nose. Another nurse had
charge of the surgical instruments,
and another had charge of antiseptics.
bandages etc. One Of the doctors
held the injured arm, feeling the pat
tients pulse, and the other looked on,
ready to meet any emergency that
might arise. An X-ray had been made
of the troublesome bone, and DIR.
Fennell entered the room intently
studying this picture which he helc In
his hand. The young soldier, his con-
sciousness gradually fading, express
ed a desire to see the picture, but the
doctor did not seem to hear him.
When Doctor Fennell took hold OF the
injured arm the young man warned
him that I'm not gone yeti" on which
the doctor gently reassured him. The
breathing of the patient grew deeper
and deeper until accompanied by con-
vulsive coughs, and as the nurse cut
off the trickle of ether, the doctor
quickly took a pair Of bone forcips
from the hands of one of the attend
ants and went after the broken bones.
1t seemed like an age; but In reality
it was only a few seconds, until there
was a thick section of bone, full size
at the butt end, between the jaws OF
the forceps. There was pleased ex-
preston on the doctors face as II ne
had accomplished exactly what he
wanted; but quickly laying aside the
forceps he gave attention to the
wound. At the outset he had painted
the whole forearm with iodine. and
now he was saturating it with bi-
chloride Of mercury solution. Next he
filled the wound with cotton gauze,
and then he proceeded to firmly faster.
neat bandage around the arm.
Everybody in the room except Here
and There" seemed so thoroughly
matter of fact throughout the whole
proceeding, and although Here and
There" did not faint or anything like
that he had a feeling that he was In
death chamber. Presently the soldier
began yelling at the top of his voice,
calling to comrades to come and help
him. Then he began to struggle, and
after a little he actually drew his
powerful legs from underneath the
stout leather strap and it looked as ii
: he would clean out the operating room
in short order, doctors, nurses, Here