The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-08-29
AN INVISIBLE WOUND.

Ono Of the most celebrated practition-
err ~ Pesth. DIR. H.. was called upon
one morning 10 receive at an early hour
visitor in great haste, who. while wait
inc i'm H. anfe-chamber. sent in word
BY the Il dman that delay for him was
danger. He must be received imme-
diately.
The Doctor threw on his dressing
gown hastily and had his patient shown
in. He found himself in the presence Of
man utterly unknown 10 him, but who.
to Judge by his dress and manners, evil
IDENTIFY belonged to the best society. His
pale face bore traces Of great physical
and moral suffering He carried his
right hand in a sling. and in spite Of his
efforts % restrain himself, from time to
time a ~iiflcd sigh escaped him. Seeing
the poor man stagger the Doctor invited
him "a ~it down.
=. am tired. have not slept for a
week There i something the matter
with my right hand--I do not know
what. j. II carbuncle? Il il cancer?
At first the suffering was slight, but now
II j. burning, horrible. continual pain.
Increasing in intensity day by day.
can bear il no longer. | jumped into
my carriage and here ! am. | have
come 10 beg YOU to cauterize il. or Ia
cut out the painful part, for one more
hour Of this dreadful torture would drive
me 70 perdition."
which the patient put into his, gnashing
his teeth meanwhile from the intensity
Of pain, while the physician proceeded
to undo the bandages with every posi-
bic precaution.
"Abovc all, Doctor. beg Of you not
to attach any Importance TO what you
will zee. Nh complaint Il 50 strange
that YOU will be surprised, hut | bcsecch
Of YOU 10 take no notice Of il.
~. Where l. the painful spot? II i
surprising ! see nothing
= Nor either; and yet the pain there
Il 30 dreadful that | feel tempted q
knock my head against the wall"
The Doctor took magnifying-glass
examined. and shook his head.
1.-THE skin i full Of life. The blood
circulates very regularly Underneath
there Is neither Inflammation nor can
Ger. II isaS healthy a. any other part Q
your BODY
x&4'N Ntl ~ rFtih~ w NV 'hHt " y
rather more red there than elsewhere.
I" Where?f
The stranger took pencil from hi
pocket-book and traced on his hand
circle as large as ten-cent bit, with tn
remark. just here"
The Doctor looked. He began b
think that his patient was crazy. /" Re
main here he said. !" In few days
will cure YOU. The Doctor saw to hi
asionishmcnt that his strange visito
spoke seriously. He took of his coat
turned MP his shirt-slecves and took
bistoury in his left hand. A secon
more and the steel would have made
deep incision in the flesh.
"Stop!'' cried the Doctor, who wa
afraid that his patient through unskil
filncss might open some important veii
!" Since you Judge the operation indi
pcnSablc. 80 be H. y
lie took the bistoury. and holding
his left hand the right hand Of the d
tient he begged him 10 turn away Il
head. some people not being able 10 BET
the sight Of their own blood
cit Il unnecessary On the contraI.
II v who will indicate how deep dow
you must cut.n
In fact. he watched the operation
ihe end with the greatest possible COZ
posture, indicating how far II was 10 y
The open hand did not even trcmblc
the Doctors hand. and when the III
piece 81 round flesh was cut out he hca