Ryan from Medical Pioneers site.
Dr. Ryan travels with Ned after the siege:
I
came down in the same van as Ned Kelly, he seemed like a man in a trance,
and
glared at any stranger he saw. He had had no sleep all the previous night.
Most
men wounded as he was would have been more prostrated than he was,
but he had a
splendid constitution. More-over his body looked as if it had been
well
nourished. When I asked him if he had been pretty well fed, he said he had,
but
he did not add where he got the food. I expected to find him, after the life he
had been leading, very dirty; but his skin was as clean as if he had come out of
a
Turkish bath.
I attended to his wounds, and now and then gave him some brandy, and water. He seemed grateful, but gave me the idea that he wished to die. Of course in attending to his wounds I gave him temporary pain, but he never complained in the least. His wounds would not be likely to prove mortal in any ordinary case, where the patient had as strong a constitution; but the prisoner is likewise suffering from a severe mental shock, and moreover wants to die. That must be borne in mind when considering his chances of recovery. Under ordinary circumstances a strong man with such wounds might be expected to walk about, not to run about, and not to have the free-use of his limbs, in some two months time.
Albury Banner & Wodonga Express July 3 1880.
The following interesting information is from Bright
Sparcs
Biographical entry.
Ryan, Charles Snodgrass (1853 - 1926)Sir |
| Surgeon and Ornithologist |
| Born: 20 September 1853 Longwood, Victoria, Australia. Died: 23 October 1926 at sea. |
| Charles Snodgrass Ryan was a surgeon with the (Royal) Melbourne
Hospital from 1878 until his retirement in 1913 and honorary medical officer at the Children's Hospital from 1883-1913. He was a grandson of John Cotton (qv) and a brother of Ellis Rowan. A keen ornithologist and photographer, he enthusiastically supported bird protection, the introduction of nature study in schools and the holding of an annual Bird Day. |
| Career Highlights |
| Born Longwood, Victoria, 20 September 1853. Died on board the "Otranto", near Adelaide, 23 October 1926. CB 1916, CMB, KBE 1919. Educated Universities of Melbourne (1870-72) and Edinburgh (MB, CM 1875). Served as a surgeon with the Turkish army 1876-78; surgeon, (Royal) Melbourne Hospital 1878-1913 (then consulting surgeon); honorary medical officer, Children's Hospital 1883-1913 (then consulting surgeon); chief medical officer, Victorian Railways 1903-24. Captain, Volunteer Medical Service 1878, principal medical officer, Victoria 1902, honorary physician to the governor-general 1904, assistant director of medical services, 1st Division, Australian Imperial Force 1914-16, consulting surgeon, medical headquarters staff, A.I.F. 1916-17, honorary surgeon-general, Australian Military Forces 1917-19. President, Medical Society of Victoria 1893; Turkish consul, Victoria for some years; President, Australasian Ornithologists' Union 1905-07. |