The Hospital

A hospital is attached to the prison, to which all invalid prisoners are sent after examination by the prison physician. The hospital steward is, I believe, a certain doctor, a convict, who is a regularly educated physician. This disciple of Esculapius is an eccentric genius. One of his idiosyncrasies is, I believe, a fondness for appropriating other folks' horses. His weakness for horse flesh and disregard for the doctrine of meum and tuum brought suspicion upon him, and the last time the doctor got a corner on the horse market he lost his diploma and liberty both at one and the same time. He is considered one of the stubborn cases of the prison.