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Show i IIITMN : BY ' A ' SHARK, Naval surgeons have Rome curious cases to deal with on board Undo 'Satn's warships. Assistant Surgeon F. M. Munson lias made n report to the ;Nnvy Department which ought to settle set-tle the long-disputed controversy as to tho man-eating propensities of sharks. "On November 2, 1004," soys he, "a boatswain's mate of tho Plseataqun, then lying In the Inner harbor of Olon-gapo, Olon-gapo, P. I., while bathing from the tJde of the ship, was bltton on the foot by ft shank. The man had a j;ood view of tho shark and there can be no doubt ns to the Identity of the species of flsh. "Tho two arc-shaped bites, ono on the dorsal and one on tho plantar surface jnear tho toes, showed unmistakably the marks of three rows of teeth In (eacn lacorated wound. On tho .orsum the skin was torn from the underlying itlssues for two Inches; two tendons !nd sovcral branches of the dorsalls ', Ipcdis artery were severed. One of the I tnrsal bones was crushed Into small I fragments. On tho plantar surface the 'thick fascia was torn away about one Inch. As soon as tho man was lifted out of the water an osceptlc dressing iwas applied by tho hospital apprentice nd tho medical olllcers were sent for. "As tho wound was bleeding profusely, pro-fusely, a tourniquet was applied and the man Immediately taken ashore and placed upon the operating table; the I fragments of bono wero removed, tho arteries llgated and tendons sutured; , the fascia on the plantar and the skin ( on both surfaces sutured, through and through drainage being securod by a rubber drainage tubo left in tho wound. The man was sent to tho naval hospital hos-pital at Cavlte tho following day, and recovered, somo stiffness of the foot ' remaining." Washington Star. |
