The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-14

bone was soon ll1L6Q from lt8 pOeltlOn. very
delicately severed the tough. pearly white
dura-mater, removed the web-like arachnoid
and then hasitated moment rs the soft pia-
mater allowed me to see the brain beneath.
It was but moments hesitation, however,
and separating az well as could the particu-
lar convolution Of which ! was In search.
did my best to keep the knife from the larger
blood vessels, and the next instant Hansa
was minus the first portion Of hts brain"
II had barely time TO apply styptic, set
In my silver plate and bandage ms mead.
when my subject awoke, TO consequences 2.
He sat up looked around, carried his hand
to his head, and then asked II he were Ia
hell or heaven. / had my story prepared,
and told him that friend had attempted 70
him during e shs waa ns wne
the rxnards had become alarmed, and In a
struggle be- Hansa, had received q blow from
the butt-end OF u carbine, which, It was
thought. had been fatal. In this belief,
body as l am DIR. DeranoRozo. professor Of
anotomy. for purposes which you well I'M
derstand.' continued, pointedly.
1.-THE poor wretch leaped from the table
and fell on his knees at my feet.
discovered me to be- still alive you will not
give me back to the executtonerr
"'No.' said assurinRly, you are safe with
me, but you must remain here az quietly 90
possible for some time, until, Indeed, 1 think
He would do anything he said, and the
1uarresome, brutal man became from that
time one Of the most docile Of servants. He
did my bidding, It IL true, az Obediently %
child. but even after the fever consequent on
almost infantile irritability toward inanimate
objects, with which he might happen to come
in contact. Every day. almost every hour,
and this even In my presence, ne would oreak,
tear or somehow destroy whatever article he
could lay hands on. Reasoned with. he would
express both sorrow and surprise, for he de-
caTed he never remembered having been 80
clumsy before; and once he stated, after hay
ing swept a statuette from Its place, that his
ernable impulse. This set me thinking, and
soon came to the conclusion that the removal
or the cOnvOlution Of cOmbativeness had re-
suited In an irritation or Inflammation 81 Its
DeighbOr, the convolutlOn OF destructiveness.
II was just when ! came TO this conclusion
that my patient was seized with new freak.
He became a vertable maRpie, and now hid
as persistently us he had broken. But In
stead of pnzzling me, this second trick con-
WINGED me that was right In my surmise,
and became sure that the irritation had
spread to the organ Of secretiveness. Espe-
cially WAS | certain OF this when noticed
q disposition on Kansas part to conceal his
Intentions. Fearful as to the result which
this novel trait might bring about II left TN,
checked. resolved to eradicate the cause"
Under trivial pretext, therefore, made
him inhale chloroform. and for the second
time visited the interior Of my patients era
mum. This time, to make matters sure,
trepanned both sides, and removed from the
right and LETT the brain convolutions Of de-
structiveness and secretiveness. The opera
ton was successfully conducted, but although
l supposed my explanation to him that the
new smartinR places on bis head were due to
which, iDformed him. had begun to look
little ugly, would be sufficient, he seemed to
listen to the explanation with marked lack
Of credence. Several times after that caught
him cycling me attentively, and 1t was very
evident that Kansas suspicious were aroused.
He would not even allow me to replace the
bandages on his head. and it was only when
fever set In, accompanied by deltrium, that
was enabled to make an examination. l re-
moved one Of the last-fixed silver plates, and
had surmtsed, that the convolution OF
cautiousness, which lies directly above
that Of secretiveness, was IN highly
intlamed condition. would have remedied
what the consequences Of further vivisection
might be upon Hansa In his then weakened
state. l watched him carefully; Ia fact,
may say tenderly. for eight weeks, at the emu
OF which he was convalescent: It was not,
however, until three months after that de-
termined to push my experiments further. I
decided to make a grand coup. This trepan-
ming business I said to myself, Is too con-
fined In its results; II does not give CELEBRITY
OF action; 1 must have full access to the seat
that the settling OF the brain to fill up the va
canCtes caused by removal would stand as q
difficulty In the way. OF my proceeding fur
Their upon phrenOlORical basis. So | had an
ivory dome made to fit In place OF the crown
OF Kansas skull. He was reduced to insensl-
biity, and while he was unable to move hand or
foot piled my instrument to such good effect
that 10 very few minutes the whole upper
portion Of the parietal bones was removed
for an oval space OF four by six inches. The
brain that remained seemed surprisingly ac-
tive and healthy, and | could not help q
smile as remembered the words Of the Eng
ltsh poet, Shakespeare, that
The times have been
That. when the brains were out. the man
would die.
And there an end.
I smiled, too, as one by one / removed what
l iud ged to be the convolutions OF self-esteem,
caatiousness and firmness, to think how thor
Oughly was making Hansa q creature OF my
own. Talk about Frankenstein-why, his
horrible manufacture followed no will but its
abominabIe own; while here was I bending
some one else's work to my own yolition.
Frankenstein modelled an image out of 9hast-
ly clay and then had to flee from his monu-
ment OF dread. | was taking statue cassidy
a superior power and remodeling 1t to suit my
convenience, my fancy II you will"
II shall not weary you" said the doctor to
the reporter on the third day Of their &C
Quaintance-for 1t must not be understood
that all the above information was gained
through singleinterview-"1 shall not weary
you by relating in detail all the events that
attended the succession Of experiments which
followed; nor shall l give the opinion that
am pedant by indulging In a long, learned
talk upon the various psychological and men
tai phenomena which accompanied this de-
nudation OF the home OF intellect. Let 1t be
sufficient to know that with all the ardor-and
hea1tlesness II you will-of q scientist,
again and again explored Kansas skull and
removed organ after organ Of mentality, until
he became being without love or hatred,
without hope or despair, without veneration
or perseverance,, without imagination or Ideas
of any sort-in fact brainless creature, an
animal without even animal tastes, man
without thought, q something absolutely
without sense. one who from being a little
lower than the angels had been brought
down infinitely beneath the brute beast that
perisheth."
"And he still lived?" asked the wondering