Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-09-04
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One the mos. celebrated practi.
| tioueFs cf Pesth, DR.. =, was called upon
one Hprning 70 receive as IN early hour
q visitor ID great haste who. while wait
| ing in the antechambeF, sent in word
By the foosman that delay for him was
danger. He must De received imme-
diately.
!. The doclor Il on has dressing
bowa 10y - ii his paiisnt shows
h .as .li =. Rs....sss ! !
HA IN % him, bal
who. 70 Judge b IL dress and man
ners. evidently belonged to the best So
ciety. Hispale face bose ispees ol
gFs6g physicaI md mefai seBesing He
carried Dis SiEht hand ID sling. and in
spite Of bis efforts 10 restrain himseh
from time to time stifed sigh escaped
him. Seeing the poor man stagger the
doctor invited HIM 20 sit down.
81 am tired. have not slept for q
week. There is sometimes Che matter
wifh nv rialit hand 4 ID not know
what. Is 4 aearbuncIei Is il can
GER! At 6rst the suffering was slight,
but now u is burning, horrible, contin-
ual pain, increasing IN intensity day BY
day. ] can bear 1t no longer. jumped
into my carriage and here I am. |
bagescOme to beg you esuterzeyi OF
10 cut out The painful part fog one more
hour Of this dreadful torture would drive
me 10 perdition -
The doctor asked 10 see the hand,
whiehthe patient put into hi-g gslaShins
bis teeth meanwhile from The intensity
OF pain, while The !phy ysieian proceeded
TO undo the bandages with every Possi-
bic precaution.
"Above all, doctor. l beg OF yen moi
10 Mtaeh AnysimPortsAee to whak you
| win see. D MY cS,npIAiSt is 20 sstange
that you will be surprised, but | be-
seech yon 10 take no notice Of that"
"Whete y the PaiaInr spoil II is
surprising. see nothing. ng."AA
"Nor I either; and yet the pain there, is
so dreadful that feel tempted to knock
INV head against the wall"
The doctor took q magnilyIng-glass,
examined, and shook bis head.
"The skihis fun oflils. The blood
circulates very regularly. Underneath
there is neither inflammation nor cancer.
Il is as healthy as any other part ol
your body" 40, q muir
|And yet il seems 10 me that it j.
rather more red there than elsewhere. I"
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The stranger took a pencil from his
pocketbook and traced on, his hand a
circle as large ss a 10-cent bit, with the
remark, Just there"
The doctor looked. Tie began to
think that his patient was crazy. ERE
main here" he said. Elm few days ]
will cure YOU" The doctor saw 10 his
establishment thai bis strange visitor
spoke seriously. He took of bis coat,
turned up his shirt sleeves and took a
histoury in hIs left hand. A second
more and the steel would have made a
deep incision in the fest.
"Stopi" cried the doctor, who was
afraid that his patient through unskill-
fulness might open some important vein.
"Sinee you judge the operation indis-
pemS0UtGg 90 UC tIs
He took the bistoury, and holding in
his leR- hand the right hand ot the pa
tient he .beeged, him 10 turn away his
head, some people not being able 20
bear the sight Of their own blood.
''lt Is unnecessary On the eontra-
~. Il Is I who will indicate how deep
down you must cut" 4. s.i ,.,... 3. -.
In TACT. he watched the operation to
the end with the greatest possible COM
posure, indicating hvw far .i was TO 90.
The open hand did not even rembic in
the doctors hand, and when the little
piece Of round flesh was cut out he
heaved a deep sigh, Ike one who ex-
periences feeling Of immense relief.
"The burning pain has Oeasedi" f
eft has quite gone, " said the stranger
with q smile. "The pain has entirely
cased, as if il bad been taken away
with ihe part cul ont. The slight pain
occasioned by The bleeding is, compared
with the other, like a refreshing breeze
after an internal heat. Itdoes me real
ly good to see my blood .ADws sl0Aly
let i fpy, tides ne So much good"
The slrangerIooked with delight ut the
streaming blood. The doctor vas
obliged to insist upon dressing the
'aiWSis he 10. binding h. dp qhe pa pa.
tieht'slface ehanged completely. The
expression Ot pain passed away; he
smiled on the doctor with look full Of
gcod-humor. and there was no longer
any contraction Of The features, any look
OF despair. He seemed TO have taken
a new lease Of life. His brow cleared;
the color returned TO bis face: his whole
person underwent visible transforma-
ton. I.-.-. vef
When hIs hand was replaced in the
sling he made use OF the Que that re-
NAMED free 10 shake the doctors hand
warmly. saving "a him nth eordiality
% Aceept my 9Hle sineefes banks, Fou
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