To the Memory of a Medical Hero.

Evening Star, Issue 7628, 2 June 1888, Page 2 (Supplement)

To the Memory of a Medical Hero.

A memorial window has just been completed for the chapel of the Bristol Royal Infirmary to put on permanent record the heroism of a young surgeon in that institution, Mr William Connor Lysaght, who sacrificed his life in a case of diphtheria. The patient had submitted to the operation of tracheotomy, and after the tube had been fixed the throat became so clogged that, despite all efforts of the Faculty, it could not be cleared to admit of respiration. It was a case of life or death; in a few moments he must have died. Young Lysaght, forgotful of himself, at once placed his lips to the tube, removed the obstruction, and gave the sufferer relief, though only for a time. Lysaght soon found that by his hazardous deed he had infected his own throat, and to the intense grief of his friends his noble act caused his death. The memorial, which has been subscribed for by his friends and brother officers, is a triple window with illustrations of Christ healing the sick as the principal subject, and in three lower panels are pourtrayed the charitable deed of the good Samaritan, and Peter and John healing the sick ; and at the base the inscription "To the glory of God, and in affectionate remembrance of William Connor Lysaght. Born May 8,1861, Died July 24, 1887."