University Medical College - Scalpel Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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whose sides were bulged almost to bursting. t'Patient apparently has a general peri- egree, while the one that attend- tonitis. That one there a laceration of the second d ant is trying to empty has a carcinoma of the sigmoid. That one to the left with the bulge over right inguinal region evidently has a strangulated hernia? Ad1ios, said I. f'Whlat, not going, asked Harry, much surprised. Yes, must run along, Harry, my boy. Better take a spin out to 3-lst and Lydia tomorrow. I think those wheels need fixing. With this remark I left him and boarded an electric car bound for home. As my car swung round the curve I caught a last glimpse of Harry gently palpating the side of a passenger coach endeavoring no doubt to get at the scientific predisposing cause of several large bullae in the paint. - A Bnrtnfu Strange Glaze with Efhree 152111215 A WATCH. I wish to report a pretty case that recently came into my practice-the only on.. I ever had in which the presentation was P. A. I. D. Born Christmas day-it was time. Mother's name, Mrs. Howard Watch. Age 1-12 M-ultipara. Family history good, except for severe case of tic. Color, quite yellow. Figure, Roman. Face, very white. The hands were long and kept in motion. There was a pulsation at the umbilicusg sixty per minute. Most of the information I could get was second hand. But from the excellent condition it was in I knew the wound was recent. The cord was a long, black affair, wrapped around the neck and attached rather to one side, to a stem -having a metallic ring. Examining posterior, I found several markings evidently not self inflicted. I im- mediately prepared to open' up the ca-se. I took o-ut my scalpel and began prying into the matter. I found evidence of considerable intern-al disturbances. The gall bladder was missing altogther but there were some seventeen stones scattered here and there, and more or less easily seen. There was also la heart murmur and an escapement. I observed that any in-terference on my part would affect the vitality, fast ebbing away, and that I had- better watch out. I closed the case. It was a snap. H. N. JENNETT, M.D. Dr. Hertzler: 'tWhat would be the first thing you would look for on going to a private ho-use to do a post mortem ?', Diemer: Crepe on the door. Dr. Wheeler: What is electricity? Dillingham: I did know but I have forgotten. Dy, WJ My G-l! What a pity! There is the only man who ever knew what electricity is and he has forgotten.

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QP igah 'lim Well, what ails her, Doc? Can't say as yet. Patient is of such an extremely nervous temperament that an exact diagnosis is a matter of unusual difficulty. She seems to have a high temperature and a rapid bounding pulse. Inspection reveals a gasping panting respiration and a large amount of expectorated material of a granular sooty consistency. Vocal fremitus is simply immense while the rales are a sort of cross between the snorting of a wind- broken horse and the moaning of a Kansas cyclone. A couple of you fellows bring a hammer and we will see if percussion reveals any new discord among this patient's vitalsf' f'Took the patient's history yet, Doc?l' asked a bystander. Yes, says, her family name is Baldwin and came origin-ally from Philadelphia. Pa. All her family were hearty eaters and she seems to have inherited the tendency, since it requires constant efforts on the part of one attend-ant to feed her while another is kept busy by her nervous manifestations due, no doubt, to an overloaded stomach. She is quite a fpig! With this final remark the speaker passed on followed by a few low chuckles and a cough or two. Say, Bill, ain't it tool bad? asked he who had made the first inquiries of the per- son designated as Do-c. Ain't what too bad, Bill rejoined. About Doc. He used to be a sober, sensible young man, what we fellows call a 'good Indianf Was till he be- gan to associate with those doctors over at the University. Now he rambles about in an aimless -sort of way and his mind seems to wander at times. When he is having one of his worst spells he lets go of a lot of such stuff as you heard him get off about that engine. A high temperature and a rapid pulse, bosh! and the spe-aker turned away in disgust. Don't he attend school at the University?', asked a companion, he say-s he does. Him, na-a-w, he has a friend over there that he calls on now and then. Can't say whether it is the office girl, a student or one of the nurses in the hospital, but he generally goes over on Tuesday and Thursday. Picks up a few medical terms with which to stun us poor working fellows when he gets backf' The writer was an unobserved listener to the above conversation which took place on the platform of the Union Depot, Kansas City, Mo. The last two speakers were employes of the Union Depot Company, while the subject of their criticism was a tall handsome lad of some thirty-five -summers who I recognized at once. He turne-d quickly as I accosted him with, Hello, Harry, what are you doing here? and came toward me with, f'Ah, old man, delighted! Y-ou see I am permanently employed here except for a few spare mome-nts which I put in at the U. M. C. I work for Uncle Sam in the mail service and it give-sl me abundant opportunity for practical work among the invalids. Ah, ha, what's up? Not working? Sick? Let me see you tongue? Ahem, require a plastic oper-ati-on and la liberal application of Oleum No. 399. These last remarks aside to an idle baggage truck apparently having a broken axle., There is no end of this- sort of thingj' said Harry, excellent qualification for the practice of medicine. Now here is an interesting case, pointing to a big mail sack ,l

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Zlirrahmrn Ilinllira R. PITTAM: UI-s the pharmacopoeia a plant or an animal? l Schaefer : I believe that it is animal doctor. Hutchinson Cthe second day after school startedl: Well, Dr. Aiken, where do you expect to locate after you graduate? Some men achieve greatness, some have greatness thrust upon them. To thi-s class belongs Lewis, the president of 1911. Everisince he had greatness thr-ust upon him by making his hit with the freshman class. He is the 'Candy Kid even if he has a tobacco heart that goes flippity-flop. Well, of all the notables of the University Medical College, Farr, 'iThe Whistling VVonder, with hi-s young Gray stuffed in his hip pocket, has got 'em all skinned. What a satisfaction it will be to future medical students to look at Dawson's new edition of Gray's Anatomy. And yes, by the way, why don't they run the school to suit his convenience anyhow, he never gets through telling the Profs how to do it. Woods fcoming into class one Monday morninglz My how fine I feel this morn- ing. I only had three toddies and two beers before coming to class. Now anybody could tell that that juvenile faced kid from Independence couldn't look an empty beer bottle in the face without blushing. He also smokes cigarettes. He is getting tough, I tell you. Talk about your lady's man, Harrison has an idea that he is just about the neatest fuser in town. Widows, grass widows, are his specialty. McElvain says he is the busiest man in school. When the wind blows off his hat, he i-s in too big a hurry to stop and pick it up, he waits till he comes by that way the next day. That man Uhlery certainly puts on the knowesting look of any fellow you ever met, but when you tap his head, why it l-ike Bryan's idea of free silver, that the Dawson and Egbert pair keep talking, there is nothing in it. But say, how all the freshmen like Ewing. When a test comes around there is a fight as to who will sit next to him. It has even been reported that Scott said he would rather copy off him than Harrison. There is only one trouble with Miller, and that is he is so bald-headed that you can't tell where his face leaves off and his head begins. Aiken says that he will quit asking Dr. Lowe questions if Dr. Lowe would only leave him alone.