Calendar of the Royal Hospital, Frederick Street

A is the Abscess which, hid in the brain our surgeons have tried for, trephining in vain. B is the Bleeding the patient must stand who submits to one eminent surgeon's command. C is the 'Crowner' who winds up the job (1) and deducts from the medical witness a bob. D is for Dick with great gifts you'll agree: (2) he can steal a postmortem or cure a D.T. E is the Extern where pupils get cheek from the bloated subscribers of twopence a week. F is for Fegan renowned in his art, (3) whose motto is "Volkmann" and rest to the part. G is the Growl of the workmen's committee: their existence at all is a h -11 of a pity. H the Hypertrophied damnable cheek that the resident puts on when in just a week. I is for Isaac that masterly purge: with col. and hydrarg. your liver he'll purge. J is for Johnny ('tis Patrick I mean), whose writing unique in the extern's oft seen. K is the Kitchen, the haunt of the pup: if caught by the super. his little game's up. L is for Lindsay our boss ausculator: (4) at spotting a murmur there's no one is nater. M is for Mitchell who's sure to do well: (5) he never consigns a subscriber to h 11. N is for Nelson to see him you must (6) produce your red ticket or else lick the dust. O's the Observant, intelligent student exposing the patient just more than is prudent. P is the Pupils whose chiefest delight is chucking subscribers on Saturday night. Q for the Quakers, that peaceable race, (7) who are shocked by the blasphemous cries from the place. R is for Richard the good man of Ross: (8) at writing prescriptions he's easily boss.