University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine - Scalpel Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Elahiaturs N THE year of our beloved President Stevens, February the 'twenty-eighth, 1910, there were gathered together in the Hllfll- tgrium offtlr anajoinical .laIJTE'a5oiF'y a selgct accumulationdof .E a mirers o t e no e art of se - e ense. ie prmcipa s in ns wind-up were one who fought under the nom de plume of Kid A, otherwise known as the Dutchman, and a student better 'A 'i ' iii A ' i'i: 'f:i:':r 6 known as Becky, The iight limit was three rounds of three minutes each, with one-minute intervals. Kid A's seconds were Davy Sax and Martin Bredt. The student was not supported save by the hot air of his admirers. The ring was specially constructed by Heller,', for the occasion, while brilliant luminosity was given to the ring and surroundings by one of Lod- holz's Reflex Arcs. The crowd was kept clear of the arena by means of one of Erlich's side chains. It was said afterwards that the circle was not a true one, having deviated a little owing to the complement that passed from one party to the other. The referee was Antonio Sainz, who waved his Policeman's Clubu as he introduced the combatants to the audience. He then called the men to the center of the ring and proceeded to read to them the Marquis of Grays Ferry rules. Roth seemed rather nervous, and the student was seen to be wearing burlap bandages around his wrists, while Kid A, had a Priesnitz dressing over his left Thyroid. As they shook hands the crowd roared, Mix it g Kid' A. promptly led a long swing to the external auditory meatus, causing numerous hzemorrhagic suffusions and ecchymoses of the part, and the Student retaliated with a per- nicious thrust which produced a poikilocytosis in the orbital region. The crowd roared its appreciation, and sang Drink a High Ball. This so enraged Kid A. that he swung viciously at his opponents wishbone, which the latter dodged. The blow, through Newton's law of gravity, eventually landed upon the watch of the referee Ctime out for the refereej. He refused to take the count, however, and for the next five minutes the atmosphere had a more or less cyanotic tint. Meanwhile the two boys mixed it up freely, and the gong sound- ing, Kid Afs seconds rushed him to his corner and proceeded to rub him down with creolin and formaldehyde, and applied hot normal saline solution to his damaged corrugator supercillii. Some of the Studentls admirers meanwhile transported their hero to the soak stalls, and after a good nip of Dimethylaminoazobenzol he returned much re- freshed. Round 2-The Kid led off with a three-bagger, and the Student bunted for a safety and clinched. The Kid responded with a short uppercut which succeeded in producing an epistaxis, and as the Student was breathing h-eavily, he blew a corpuscle of Bizzozero into the Kids aqueous humor. At this point the Kid's seconds attempted to claim a victory for their man on a foul. But the referee declared that inasmuch as the combatants were only chickens, they could not lay claim to that adult stage. The gong again sounded while they were reiterating with increased vehemence, and each went to his corner with honors even. 152

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BIOLOGICAL H1XLL

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Round 3-Both men appeared groggy, and it was plain that each man's Visage was cloudy swollen, though their supporters had very cleverly covered all open abrasions with l7'eyers patchesfy The Kids seconds were shouting six to four on their man as he entered the ring, even though he was suffering from lrido-Cyclo-Choroditis as a result of the Fiendish work of the corpuscle of Bizzo- zero. The Student led with a left swing, but the Kid deftly dodged it, and on this error got one home to the dental plate. The Student clinched and called the Kid a gentleman, which so enraged the Kid that he made a diabolical lunge at his opponent and, slipping over a giant cell, fell to the floor. As he fail-ed to rise on time it was a clear ease of couldnt come back. So his seconds threw up the sponge, which came down and struck the referee on the proboscis, and another light nearly started. The Student was declared the winner, and was tendered a banquet at B1-ill's. A sign over the banquet table read: Lectures come and lectures go, but 'Wfalter' sleeps on forever. NV. C. R. F47 ?,:- 7 QQ' ee? yu!! 7 - illull M' .9-9 cfm? I3-S LJ Rx ap 'Ji U9-xx any Vfgcxnn-'40 sea? Lila I Y AY 153