Amador Ledger-Dispatch, Volume 1902, Number 24, 24 January 1902 — A Quick tVlttpd Doctor. [ARTICLE]

A Quick tVlttpd Doctor.

A certain French surgeon, of whom Tbe Young Ladies' Journal tells, had so much more thought for his patient than for his own safety on one occasion that he resorted to an expedient which, although efficacious, might have resulted in his own death.

Ho had been commissioned to bleed the grand seignior and either through timidity or nervousness bad met with an awkward accident.. The point of the lancet broke off in the vein, and the blood would not flow.

That point must be got out somehow. Without stopping to consider the consequences to himself, (he surgeon gave his highness a violent slap in the face. This produced the desired effect, for surprise and Indignation on the part of his august patient put the blood into violent circulation. The vein bled freely, and the lancet point came out.

The bystanders were about to lay hands on the surgeon when he said, "First let me finish the operation and bandage the wound." This done, he threw himself at the feet of the sultan and explained his action.

The sultan not only pardoned him, j but gave him a handsome reward for keeping his wits about him in a critical moment