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iruler the Scal^l^ ,,hiIo^pher ha* told «. lb.t U.TanL »t..dy lt;* *»« “ ““ him'^ Thi. i* prob.bly » m*rly true «*111„UHltmiin»lt;™rgot. M.n, «.d inilifi fir. i6rn) we indndo the oo.Ul Bido-i»uoIS *“‘r'4 1110 'ie4h,kin UlHU!r, ertB the attention of the bifr.rn.tod «I huruBuily from tho oonwdow-^Hokron and mm..redtbiiiKP*. i«« »l(I?11pl]Wje, whether mentally or pay ieally eontudered The pHyohoh.gr-'Jimu'oi m»n- P™“c’ltoA RH il*L»niY 1* t»y ot'aarv»tiOB Mid com-u not an exact amonco. Hy ok experienoe wo learn tlmttoak- that he i. i-rone to mu away g * wife talkrow, she was undoubtedly crooked inher make up, In a room below waa .vmost interesting subject, that of u youngwoman whose eventful life history tinabstractedly considered in the Journal afew days nlnce. She was amaU in ut ure, with delicate, clear cut feature*, white skin aud apiworanoe of refinement which ih not uanally encountered in the dissecting room. When our reporter wus admitted, tie work of dissection hadf:uoalready jirogru-isod to a considerable exI*„. ,0 nut of the theater between win toa » tbat h° “^,ulH1tP0 fk llime at-the lodge, and is given to ---J ..iLor tbirniiMntK M'UV*fj.hr riding and other perawwo* pr«-■'1' vet wo lt;»“ not tolw lllm ®enta,IJ;»nd trace the niinitieationH of Museieuce and hemditary trend, to ^ont for hie vnganw. rherofore.\ of our id on tel disswtion of man is t;' :, cnese work, or the result of vague oL-tnre. Under the seapel, however, Ct»lnw«l organisation of “the bipedum I * . .i i t ifi fim two log”Silent feather, H’lato) the !il hvfinft (the smmal tlreveled in its minutest detail.* t . . 1.^4.. I, haiiii 1two log that laugh*),Indians law has heretofore bWB to-,,u to the study of auutouiy. Vthilu ittajuired of the surgical practitioner a Sate knowledge of tho human form mtent, The scalp had been removed, lho skull 8AWD apart, the Urtvin taken out, and the Hcappel Inal laid bare tho chest, Tho eves were dosed and the features wore a peaceful look, except thut the mouth hud been wwn un, Around this bit of frail humanity the clustered students discoid only -science, There was not a word or aujjgcxticm uf ribaldry.The students exercise great cm- in dissection, for even u slight cut of the fin* gar may prove fatal. Tho bit of muscle of flash is caught up with a dedicate hook before being cut away. Septic jhhsou in a cut in diaaeetion—•'where the patienthas died from orisipclD, for instance isalways dangerous in tin extreme, amigenerally fatal. A cut wham the patientha* not died from a septic disease, mayprod uco a painful and obstinate local libcer, but is not dangerous. A cut received from h fresh subject is more dangerous than from an old one, The arae-nite of Hotla with which subjects are prepared, is 111 ttwlf [ttiHOQOUfl.-/MrflWM/Mift Journal.ji jU complexity, aud mulcted him iniUH _ r — -“*«... hish(aw iUumgB. for irny injtuy dona-*Vnt in consequence of a lack of *suchh'dge. it at.'the same time made its SSS in the only manner that Hould be acquired, a penitentiary of* j nw Recent enactments have rume-lied this defect, and. by providing legal Vilities for the study of anatomy, done ltliv wjth the necessity for grave rob*,HJV before stated, the only manner m which the student can master the iutri-gystetn of bones, muscles, arteries0!tltlOClSir«fiiiari1Liioaatrlt;tiohHIhSlorle* uf the Duke of Ariri 11.veilli* nerves, etc., by which life ik huh-Uiiied in the human body, is by theeare-If one were to meet the Duke hum ilig citywurtl on foot, and carrying a small carpet bag, one would not him down at once as an intelligent banker’sclerk. Meet him in evening dress at Lady X.’s, aud you would still he far from suspecting that be was the descend*ant of a long line of heroes and statesmen. In appearance be is essentiallycommonphw^o. It is only when he begins to talk, or rather when ho warms to his subject, that you recognize ITyoNes. Even then you arc a long time in detecting the tffttmt sitfuw. Ilis conversation is that of a scholar w ho has yet seen Homething of the world, though in whom the enthusiast is apt to prevail over them the aggrcformer times“8nbjectM and cadaver —«te us material.11 In“material' in this city could only bo pro-eoied hv midnight raids upon the neighboring 'cemeteries, and this unsavory ud unholy traffic gave employment to a number of professional rosurrectioniats uid their *waWants. Now, however, the law. which exacts from the medical prac-Utioner the minutest knowledge of bis profession, aflord- him facilities forihe wquisitiou of sudi knowledge br awarding him the no-efaimed botiies «f deceased puupers.The manner iu which tlie award of mu-terml is mtule at the Indinmi Medicul l itllegt is a* follows; When Dr, Mnrsoe mikes a successful claim h) the laxly ofa patient dying at the (Tty Hospital orauy of the benevolent institutions, he haJ the body transported to th« college, jnd then prepare* it for disHOetion by in jpdiug it w ith am nite of ihhIu tun I red lead. The aroonite of soda is to preventdecomposition, while the red lead is todistend and color the arteries. Afterthe subject is prepared, tlio elans entitled to it are untitled that it is ready. The first five students who matriculate, are known aa ('lass 11 and so on to I lie end. A subject costs the class jf'io ^5 u ‘ p.irt/’ The head and nock constitute apart,” while the legs and arms, with a proportionate Motion of the trunk attach* to each, are separate parts.’ Homo-tinic.'., for the sake of economy, ten atu*Tints, instead of the usual number, five,lt;hb together for the purchase of a subject, which is thus made to cost each one xatv 2 f0. After a Hubjeet has been thoroughly dissected, the bones are sold for$5or $0, for tho purpose of being set up iu- a skoletoD. They arc numerated in water for four or five months, care folly cleaned and scraped, and then '‘nr-tkmluted.” If tin* proprietor of the skeleton is particuInr about having it dean and white, he gives it a thorough Making in other before articulation. The student who articulates his own skeleton derives a double benefit therefrom He not only improsHes indeliblyupon his memory a knowledge of even tin mi mi t* st hones and the rebdion theyaphin to each uthor, but the wiring of the skeleton acquires a delicacy of me* domical manipuliition which conjes in good play in his prnotioe of surgery. A jmod skeleton, well articulated, ie worth MO in the nnu*ket , but no atiulent w ho had once auccmfully put ono together, could be induced to sell it, save in thedirect emergency.Newspftjior literature pertaining to tlio dissecting room is usually of the mmm* tioiuil order, and designed to fatten theopportunist.nt for one cireumstance, the Duke ofArgyll might have ended m ti merereplica of the Lord Vincent whom Bui war sketched in Pel ham t a dilettante who had always a ilitVuse review on hand, a project of party organization not finite ready, and some brilliuut ideas which just wanted to be put into shape. From this fate he was saved by a passion for hard work. He is simply indefatigable, and on buaymen their crotchets and theirdoubts ?it lightly, while their enthtiHiasms are also under control.Thu late Hlriekland Fookson (the friend and vxucutor of Wordsworth), told me he was on a Royal Commission with the Duke of Argyll, I think theyhad to inquire into Home rather abtru*elegal points. Iu a week, said (look son. “the Duke had ho maateretl the subject that he knew more about it than anyof us, lawyers incUule«b Theology, too,he hud deeply studied, as well as naturalscience, antiquities and politics.To the queen of the sciences, however, iis the schoolmen called theology, *»nu fancies lie has long since bidden farewell, his mind having taken a more manly development, As Marquis of Lome, and for some time after, he plunged eagerly into Hie fray wheic vcr the merits of the Established Kirk, the FreeKirk, or tho Prolatic Schism came prominently under discusdon in the land of toddy and polemics. At It* he refreshed the world with his views onsome of these topics in a pamphlet bear--taste title of AMt*palar prejudice against tl»e profession.the writers usually dwell with greatunction on the imaginary horrors of the rm , and their productions bristle withiimb woniv an ghostly, grinning, livid.” etc i hr* offensive f*dor and thetSinictvanti irreverence of the students m* dwelt upon with great emphasia.^ refwjrter of the Journal, who visited the d^sacting-room of the Indiana Col a few nights aince wra« agree-*My tlisappointeil at the absence I trmiitionury horrors. He found 4 ^ H, it is true. The smell is unde* jwhle, and can not be resigned away, h vas not the smell of carrion, however, 'yl a strong meaty'* odor, like that j]f a *• laugher-hem*e where an attempt ft:4 lH.vn made to keep it clean. There lt;c ^me five or »ix subjects in various ttajprs of dissection, some of them show*litf D* nan* the Imre bones, others^ttparativelj fresh. Around each *ub-et ^M gighcrsd a group of studentx in od^t calico gowns, each at work on bis I art .’ some of thorn w ith open Imoks Btfore them, and aomt apparentlv anffl*^Qktly up in the study to dispense withtext book* There wws no monkey* ®g, no olioeene jeato or liippant con* ^rmtiou They all veined to be full of Qjinesct and were earnestly anil dtcor-if not reverently, getting the orth of ther money. Among the ex-r^a intestines of a colored subject a pxup of atadents were groping with tusokt, oeeostemally bringing up an nn*.*5 ”Hy tubsunce, which they united in* * beautiful specimen/uuier subject w as that of an old wo*eroo^€c^ alm,' andout of shape. Thuugh I *oJt an hon#f*t creature, whooa long been one of bitterness and aoriug tho in questionable letter to the P« mh by a I’eeFn Son. Those who disagreed with Lord Lome thought it the aafcat answer to call him apng; those who approved, said something about deuced clever/’ How miin v on either side read the brochure inanother question. The men of tin* gun-r ration are not to be converted by solemnarguments carefully marshaled. Laughter, or a shrewd appeal to self-interest, now vour most convincing orator.Still, the heir of MaeGallum Moro hadmade lumKclf a name an ti rising young man; nnl this would have been sufficient, even if the self-styled 11 Bishop of Argyll and the Isles’ had not done his best to give tho Marquis additional notoriety. The later Argyll*, white remaining sdaunoh Whigs and uphohlora of tho Covenant, had yet lapsed into the habit (contracted through constant sojourn inEngland) of taking the comm union at Easter and (jhristmas in an Episcojuvl(dm pel. One Christ mas, the Bishop, w ho knew Ijord Lome wuuld pros* nt himself, wrote to nay that he could not he admitted to the sacrament on account of his irreverent remarks anrmt the Scottish Episcopacy. Lord Isrnu only laughed, till he discovered that the little section! the big Church of England at its back. Dr. Bloomfield, Bialiop of London, a man alternately cuuingeoua and dompromiaiug, declined to administer to Lord Lome the endian st which a brother ISiabop luid refused.The Duke, by the wav, tell* a atory ofBloomItedd (toward whose memory he is far from bearing a grudge) which i* worth rcjiealing as a specimen of that rare pheoomenon, a neat (Jennan ro* partec. It was at a partyf where the guest* had been amused with experience* of clairvoyance. Well, ‘at length exclaimed Bloomfield, puzzled at what he had secu, and unable to explain, but what, then, were our eyes given us for? * Bunsen, who was prawnt, instantly replied To limit our vision, my Lord/’ lhe Duke naively owns that ho did not consider the reason given a* oxhaustive.Jt must bo remembered he is a Scotchman. —London Trutht Jim fntru D!.Never give away a ponny indiacnnii*nateiy. If a beggar tells you ho is starving, order him to come to yon the next day. Lf he makes hi* atmaiani* it is a proof of the folsdpwd oi b!h*tat4*ment If it haJ been true he would havedied dnjiug the night.1It is not *o much the quantity that tells a.4 the qua!sty, The devil has os much brains a* an archangel, but hedoesn’t look at things in the same way, and that's why he is where ha U.Undertake not to teach your equal in tho art he himself profe****, it savor* of airogancy. '■jjHRBS
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Eugene City Guard
Eugene, Oregon, US
Sat, Feb 28, 1880
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