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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2026, 2 July 1875, Page 2

Devotion—The Pall Mall Gazette says those whose ideas of a medical student have been formed from a study of " Pickwick," and who imagine that medical students as a rule are either Bob Sawyers or Ben Aliens, will do well to . read the evidence given at an inqnest held on Saturday on the remains of a policeconstable at Birmingham, who died at the Queen's Hospital in that town on the 24th inst., after being stabbed by some ruffians in one of those street riots'which have of late gained for Birmingham such, an unenviable notoriety. The unfortunate man had been stabbed in the neck. The wound puncturing the internal, carotid artery, an effusion of blood occurred, and, as the best chance of. saying the patient's life and avoiding a dangerous operation, it was decided, after a consul-^ tation of surgeons, to make an attempt to^— reduce and regulate the flow of. blood by digital compression of the common carotid artery. This delicate and arduous duty was entrusted to some students at the hospital, who volunteered for the service. One of the wards was cleared for the patient, and the students took it fay turns to press -the artery, relieving each other from time to, time. They commenced the work of compression at two o'clock on the afternoon of the 19th inst., and.carried it on without intermission for thirty-three hours. If; was then left off for a'time, as the patient could not bear any more pressure, and then resumed until the ar- - tcry had been compressed altogether for fifty hours. . The humane task unhappily proved in "the end unavailing, for the aneurism burst, it became necessary to tie the carotid, and after the operatiqn the patient died ; but the tender care taken of this poor fellow who fell a martyr to his duty, and' the indefatigable exertions of the medical students and hospital surgeons to save his life, arc in pleasant contrast to the ruffianism that destroyed him. Humanity in these days, of fld?an! ced civilisation and Aggravated.assaults needs for its reputation that all the redeeming points it can muster should bo Eoted.

Conundbum.-—"Julius, why is de gettin' out o 1 bed on de 31st ob August like one ob Moore's melodies ? . Does you gib it up, my 'spected cullud friend?'' "In course I does ; why ?" " Bekase it s de last rose of summer." A writer on dress says : " Short and podgy women ought not to wear belts." What's the use »f giving advice in that way? There isn't a woman' in the world who would admit, even to herself, that she was " short aud podgy."