The Grange advance., 1874-09-30
TIE NAN DOG.
The Extraordinary Case Of Count
Won Alsberg--Did the Man or the
Dog Make a Will. -

VOu AASOerSesDsO the "fan OF the
Dog Make a Will. g.
DR.. C. Tollins of Chicago has received
a letter from his friend Privat. Decent
DR.. Luegc of Bonn, Germany, from
which the Chicago Post and Mail ex-
tracts: "
The following is an account Of an un-
parallcled surgical procedure, which
has also subsequently involved legal
questions Of such nicely that it's publi-
cation must prove of the highest inter.
est to the two great professions Of law
and medicine. The extract is in DR..
Luege's own woods. DR.. Tollins has,
however, inserted explanations of some
of the foreign phrases and more techni'
cal expressions, in order to make the
narrative Ineligible to the general
reader.
= TIE MAN HIMSELF.
As understand from the journals
that transfusions have suddenly be-
come the fashion in our city, and that
this operation has awakened such inter.
est that even political papers lend their
columns for its discussion, the following
case of mine, being an entire novelty in
this direction, must possess sufficient
interest for you to excuse my deficient
style Of English: An account of it has
been giveo to a leading medical paper, q
copy Of which, however, could not
reach you until some time after this
letter.
You recollect, no doubt, the lofty
castle of the Coupts of Alsberg, that i'm.
posi- & cdifice at the outskirts of our
city, commanding from it's heights full
view of our ''Fatber Rhine" In fact
believe that you took along a stereo-
,scopic picture Of it when you left Bonn.
The elder count, Graf Hugo Won Ais.
berg, the late master of the estate, and
bearer of the family title, with the
100000 thalcre income connected..with
it, was generous old bachelor, who
sought, and. it is believed, found corso-
lation for the absence of a caressing
''hausfran" in the joys of the table and
of the vineyard, which solace, however,
was coupled with the unpleasant ex-
pectation Of third attack of apoplexy
thereirom, after the last stroke this
second) had left him with touch of
paralysis. His younger brother, Graf
Alfred, reckless but kind hearted
young man Of about 30 years, has been
forced repeatedly to call on his senior
brothers liberality, to escape the
clutches Of his creditors; but since his
marriage, one year and half ago., with
pretty "Buergcrmaedchen'' mot of
nobility,) the results of which were two
lovely little girls, he had partly re-
formed. Although much ridiculed at
the time by all his friends of mobility
for this nsesalIiance, his kind brother
did not take offense at it, but even
offered him part of the castle as resi-
.dence, which was accepted. According
to the peculiar laws in the family, the
estate and title is inherited by the eld-
est son, passing at his death to his male
issue, if Of noble mother, or in default
of such to his next oldest brother. If
no natural heir exists, the property
falls to distant branch of the family,
At present represented by Graf Won
Alsbcrg- -Mannhausen. unless otherwise
disposed of by the tcstator, which to do
he has the right. Female children, or
such born of mothers not of nobility,
are not recognized as heirs, but can be-
come such by the will of the last hold
.er Of the estate.
THE DUEL.
Some time ago young Graf Alfred had
become involved in quarrel with So
called nobleman, resulting in a'chal-
lenge, which, much as he valued his
life on account Of his family, he dared
not refuse while subject to our Euro
.pean laws of honor! On the morning
Of the 18th Of August duel was fought
in the Bosquc, along the Rhine, in
which the unfortunate count received
a stab through the chest. He was inn
mediately brought to the castle, and l
was summoned, arriving there at $50
O'Clock, about an hour after the wound
was inflicted. The sword had entered
the right infra-mammery region, pass
ing backward and inward, evidently
"wounding the lower lobes Of both lungs.
No large vessels had been severed, and,
perhaps on account Of adhesions, the
result of former pleuritis. pneumotho-
rax (air in the chest, and collapse of
the lungs) had not been produced. Con-
4ostion of the lungs. Of course with
oedema, however,wa setting in rapidly,
and, when requested by the man to
state my honest opinion. I could only
tell him, that, while he might live for
some ten hours, according to my calcu.
lation of the rapidity and progress of
the pulmonary Congestion and intiltra-
tion, he would lose consciousness within
the next 100 minutes from the imper-
feet aeration Of the blood: [NorE-