Ohio College of Dental Surgery - Alethian Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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.9..- h n m w W Winn! t . M . Wu 't A 1P 1 l. WA t H fl WAS on a balmy clay in November that the t - 4m Senior and Junior 'Classes were notified otua f3 9,7! presented opportunity of attending 'an opela- gifwggaw tion at the Good Samarltan Hospltal. .ThE l i'x'w73 students organized themselves into llttle bands and Wended their way in an easterly direction from the college, There was a great deal of speculation as to the probable outcome of the operation, but We were assured by Me, the surgeon of our Class, that every- thing would he 0. K. HOW did this wise man know all about it? This was explained later. Did you ever Visit a hospital amphitheater? Perhaps not, so I will give you a brief description. A large, welI-lighted room, with tier upon tier of seats, a slaughtering pit, numerous sterilizing apparatus, automatic wash-stancls, etc. Just a minute-I almost forgot the most important fixture, that of a heavy iron rail about the operating pit, and it is extremely fortue nate that the same was there, for it served a double purpose, First, that of keeping the Juniors from moving their chairs down alongside of the operating table, and afterwards, that of keeping a few who became groggy from falling into the steam vat. There was considerable red tape gone through with along the line of preparation, and the students were extremely interested in one of the nurses in particular, a buxom little 2 A Memorable Trip l'aMxv H,h Sigimiangf-Hm 'mm Emmi m; . 35mm- 0 98 P, 'g blonde, and in all confidence I must tell you that our friend VValters'l had to be tied to his Chair, he was so anxious to get down and tell her of his admiration for her. Every- thing was progressing nicely, and we were all of us deeply engrossed in Dr. Colter's lecture, when all of a sudden, we heard a snickering at the entrance door, and looking around, behold, in all their primitive beauty, we beheld the fair CO- EDS. Says 1, ttWhere have you been, my pretty maids ?t't and there came a withered response that they had traveled in a westerly direction out Eighth street. Of course, we know Fleischmamfs distillery is out in that direction, and should their financial condition be such that they can not afford to buy their spirits at retail they should advise us and we would be glad to attend such errands for them. HNO, you clidrtlt ?n Yes, but we know you did, fair ones, for you came back in good spirits? Now to the operation, HWho We had our venerable Dean with us, our Pinkerton detective was also there, and the iWayl the boys behaved was a caution. was there ? Everything moved along smoothly and apparently all was in readiness when, alas, a messenger Summoncd from our midst Drs. McCurdy and McComb. How careless of Dr. Knight to overlook this fact until such a late hour, for how could he possibly get along without our surgeon as associate? Did you ever see MeComb oper- ate? He is very graceful, bump: into everybody, steps on

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his own feet, sees. everything that goes on and some things that donft and does not believe in antisepsis, Finally, the patient was brought in, placed under the influence of the amesthetic and turned Over to McCurtly for the extraction of a few teeth. MC grabbed a-hold Of a pair Of forceps, and before any body knew it, had aehold of the patientk chin and was wrest- ling with the feHOW fOr a dislocation of the mandible, and no doubt would have been successful if the little nurse had not hit him with a wet towel. This brought Me too, and he preceeded with his part of the operation as gracefully as a professional. All this time there were gathered about the railing a great band Of prospective surgeons, and as the blood began to How and there was a decided crimson hue about things in generat, we noticed on various faces that faraway lookethat I-don'tecaterwhatrbecomesrofrme ex- pression. YouKIe been out to sea and observed some fellow leaning over the rail and feeding the hshesithatis it. Brumfield was farming Walters, and Walters was fanning Brum. They couldnit help it; they were up against the Our own dear Wells looked like one of those goats out at the Z00 after a meal of rubber boots and onions. You know Wells always goes around a bmthf in but on this trip he ducked our. real thing. First thing we knew there was a EB 99 division of the front tanks and behold there came our long and lengthy Mr. Haass. Talk about doing a high dive, he came near doing it backwards 0n the way out w youtve seen a fellow come up Vine street with one of these comfortable jags-you know he is always stepping over somethingi either his shadow or the shadow of a post, he gives you that park step, so famous among fme horses w well that was the way our friend Haass acted up. Now several of the boys ran to his assistance, for they didn't want him to hurt him? self. After the thing was all over Haass handed each of his lifeesavers one dollar for their kindnessi I tell you it is a pity, but his generosity is rapidly carrying him to his grave. They tell a story on Haass Which should have happened when he was a boy. He bought a hanty hen for thirty cents ttoo much money, Haasst. and when this hen began laying small eggs he said to himself, tTm not getting my moneys worth, 50 he goes out and buys an ostrich eggt tied it up on a beam where the hen could see it. and placed the follow; ing inscription over it, nKeep your eye on this, do your best, mrd do it now. There were numerous other departures,but nevertheless, the operatinn was successfully hnished and the audience pronounced it a treat, with a vote of thanks to Dr. Knight and the patient. en- E. G.