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But, notwithstanding all this, notwithstanding the darkness and closeness of the sick-bay, in which an alleged invalid must be content to shut himself up till the Surgeon pronounces him cured, many instances occur, especially in protracted bad weather, where pretended invalids will sub-mit to this dismal hospital durance, in order to escape hard work and wet jackets.
At length it came to my turn to be attended to, and when the doctor saw my foot now so dreadfully swollen and inflamed that my whole leg was affected, right up to the knee I was promptly consigned to the sick-bay, with the intimation that I might think myself exceedingly fortunate if in that hot climate mortification did not set in and necessitate the amputation of my leg.
The surgeon felt his pulse, and placed his hand upon his breast to seek for the beating of the heart, and shaking his head, requested him to be cast loose. He was immediately taken to the sick-bay, but, with all the skill of the doctor, his resuscitation was, at first, despaired of; and only brought about, at length, with great difficulty.
The Captain sprang on deck, for the moment, in his anxiety for the safety of his ship, forgetting his intention with regard to Molly Freeborn. Poor Molly! There she lay in the sick-bay, which had been appropriated to her use, gasping out her life amid the tumult and disturbance of that terrific storm.
Pennington, Captain Scott directs that you report at his office immediately," said the surgeon, as he turned away from the telephone. "Very good, sir. Thank you, sir." Both midshipmen saluted, then left the sick-bay. "This is where you have to go up alone, I guess," hinted Midshipman Hallam. "I'm afraid so," sighed Pennington.
I attempted to turn in my hammock, but was unable to do so, and as I still struggled one of the sick-bay attendants came to my side and asked if he could do anything for me.
Not a seaman enters the Navy without undergoing a corporal examination, to test his soundness in wind and limb. One of the first places into which I was introduced when I first entered on board the Neversink was the sick-bay, where I found one of the Assistant Surgeons seated at a green-baize table. It was his turn for visiting the apartment.
"And it was curious about Brainard, the most useless and utterly incompetent man ever graduated. He was so near-sighted that he couldn't see the end of his nose without glasses; but it was he that took the ship in, with the rest of us eating with our fingers and asking our way to the sick-bay." "And Brainard wore his glasses that night?" asked Metcalf. "Yes; he couldn't see without them.
He had stood as a sailor alone could stand on so unstable a foothold, gazing on those now placid and pale unchanging features for a long time, how long he could not tell, when Paul Pringle, who had followed him to the door of the sick-bay, came up, and, gently taking him by the shoulders, said: "Come along, Bill; there's no use mourning: we all loved her, and we all feel for you, from the Captain downwards.
"'Scuse me, massa!" said the slave, with a low salutation; "I can't 'tand it; I can't, indeed, massa!" and, so saying, he disappeared beyond the hatchway. He was the only person on board, except the hospital-steward and the invalids of the sick-bay, who was exempted from being present at the administering of the scourge.
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