The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-12-09

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with handsome, regular features,
q fine mustache, and luminous
black eyes that at times had L
wonderful glitter i'll them.
"Whom have | the honor Of
meeting ?" said I, when 1 returned
from the hall.
"Ah!" be replied, with u smile,
"as to the honor, you are raising .
question as to my name, l am an
swcring one in the card [ have the
honor in presenting to you.
! On q handsomely written card |
read the name, "John Dalhousic,
NJ. D., No. IS Lombard street,
London" and Immediately [ en-.
tertained Il higher feeling of re-
spect for my visitor, and attached
moro Importance to the visit.
A lecture Of mino npon anatomy
had been read and favorably COM
mented upon by the Board of Sur
geons in London, and was vain
enough to think that this had in
duced the visit, so | extended all
my hospitality to my visitor, and
placed wines and cigars, and we
entered into an animated CONVERSE
ton, in which I found him woll
read and deeply versed in medi-
cine and surgery, and the appear
anccs were that I had more TO
learn from him than to impart.
I noticed, as be slipped the wine
from time to time, that the gleam
of his black eyes grew moro intense,
but l supposed this came from bis
deep interest in the subject Of our
conversation. He then proposed
to 60 to my dissecting room which
1 had located on the top floor
for the benefit of a skylight, and
with pleasure 1 led the way, and
lit fire in the stovo which l al
ways kept ready to touch off, so
that we soon had hot fire, and
the room warm while I threw on
food Of gaslight, which made the q
room brilliant, indeed. He ex-
amined my surgical and dissecting
instruments, and his eyes glisten-
ed as he remarked how he would
like an opportunity ofusing them,
and l expressed my regret that I
had not q subject to piace at his
disposal. He then told me be had
an original plan for testing the
strength Of the human heart and
its highest degree ofpulsation and
if I would lie down upon the dis
secting table he would practically
demonstrate it to me. He said it
would be best to remove clothing
to the waist, so stripped them
off and laid down upon the table.
He then went to my head and
leaned over mo and in q moment
before I was aware Of his purpose,
he had my arms pinioped back
with rope that he had evidently
taken out of his pocket with 81 slip
moose all prepared. AS ho bound
me more firmly, he told me if l
made noise be would stab me to
the heart. He then went to my
feet and bound them firmly, and I
had an opportunity oflooking into
his face; insanity cleaned from
his eyes; saw that [ was in the
power Of a maniac. | was utter
ly helpless; / dared not make
noise, knowing that he would kill
me the moment did. My agony
ofsuspense was awful. What was
he going to do.
He took up my dissccting in
struments, and his eyes cleaned
with fendish delight. All bopo
died in my breast; 1 saw his pur-
pose. He said to me, with a
demoniacal laugh that made my
blood run cold;
"Ah, doctor, you regretted not
having a subject for dissection at
my disposal, you see how easily l
have secured one. 1t is my OLD plan
Of securing living subjects, like to
operate on them est,and study the
vitality OF each particular part OF
the human body, and how long
| life will last under dissection Of
any one Of its parts"
"My God!' I exclaimed, in my
agony; "you are not going to dis
sect me alive ?"
"Why certainly l am," he said,
with a laugh. "You owe that
much to science. You know Paul
said, "though I give my body to
be burned" ard surely you can
give yours to be cut up. You ha'o
passed your age Of usefulness and
have drifted into the old'togy
ideas you are not o progression
ist Us l am; you belong to the
old school which, like the Bour-
' bons, never loarns anything and
never forgets anything and 1t Is
better for you to be anatom'zed
than fossilized; fossils are nothing
to science anatomy is every
thing" :,