The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-09-11

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smilingly: 'Now place yourself at full
length on the bed, and remain perfectly
quiet"
/ extinguished my pipe and threw N.Y.
self upon the bed, stretching myself out
as much as possible. The empiric then
produced a lancet, and, after feeling my
left arm, made broad incision in one of
the veins. / heard the FLASHING of the
blood as it fell into the caldron, while
Juan Manuel busted himself preparing
his strange apparatus.
This must have consumed a quarter of
an hour, when l began to feel horribly
weak and faint from loss of blood. All
effects of intoxication had disappeared.
From time to time the empiric felt my
pulse, murmuring as he continued his
work: "More; more YETI do not know
| how long time elapsed, but l suddenly
found that l could not move; l was
consumed by thirst, but could not make
an articulate sound; could only lie there
| and listen to the monotonous dripping,
dripping of the blood as it fell into the cal
dron. My sense of vision, though. had
| remained remarkably clear and distinct.
The empiric again felt my pulse.
| "Goodw he exclaimed; "a little more"
and, finally, Enough !" and he remained
contemplating me for some time in aspecles
of abstraction. Then ne bound up the
wound, and taking some small pieces OF
linen, moistened in water, he introduced
them into my mouth, pushing them into
my throat. using for this purpose the
| wooden handleof spoon. Then he closed
my nostrils with pieces of dampened tow.
"Sol" he said, when this was accomp-
lished. Eve are progressing finely. Now
breathing almost imperceptiblv, and with
! the heart barely fluttering. we shall come
within step of death, but that step We
/ will not take"
MyconditiOn was now simply indescrib-
able. | seemed to have no body, for only
the head retained warmth and life. 4
} terrible oppression weighed upon my
breast, my ribs seemed crushed in, and
| felt an intense agony in every respiration
| as | inhaled little air through the damp
| cloths. My head seemed burning, and the
| slow pulsation of my heart reverberated
| in my ears like the blows of hammer
Juan Manuel, after contemplating me
| for some time, took a deep drink. at is
necessary" he said, "my nerves must be
steady"
He then went out and returned in a
| short time, carrying in his arms one of his
| grandsons, beautiful four-year-old child,
who appeared wrapped in a profound
| slumber. He laid the child down beside
me and made the sign of the cross over it.
! "My plan" he said. communing with
/ himself, "must have occurred to many /;
! but the actual problem is that the regen-
Grating blood shall not come in contact
with the air; that it shall pass warm, pure,
/ full of life and thrObbing with power,
from the heart of the child to the almost
| lifeless old man. The old man loses his
! blood; there it is in the caldron, weakened
and vitiated by the sins and pains of
| eighty-ive years. The child is going to
transmit his almost entirely; but it will
not matter, for, after eight days the little
| that will be left will have multiplied,
and the child will be as robust as before.
Blood is fire; a single drop serves for the
base of a life. | know there are doctors
in Salamanca and Alcala who laugh at me,
for it is the privilege of men of science to
laugh with impunity at others, whether
| they are right or wrong. But after my
+, friend shall have lived for two thousand
years, where, then, will be the doctors of
| Salamanca"
He again placed his hand over my
heart; it scarcely futtered, and the noise
/ in my ears had died away
"Now is the time," he exclaimed; che
will feel nothing now"
He then took the strange apparatus
from the table and enveloped my neck
with its bandages, doing likewise with the
child, who still remained without moving
at my side. Next, from aSsorner large YES
sci he took a dark ointment, with which
he smeared the wooden KEYS of his appar-
atus and also my neck, all but one side,
where, by means of a cupping-glass, he
| had drawn the flesh into roll. The bulbs
were squeezed together, the tubes in
| VIII u fr,
nv own and the child's neck. Among
the wires constituting the apparatus were
two long and strong ones which the en-
| piric, grasDing with both hands, gave a
sudden jerk, as il he wished to separate
them; at the same instant felt sharp
pain in the side OF my neck and the child
gave a terrible start. Then cloud passed
before my eyes, but / could still hear Jean
Manuel rubbing his hands with pleasure
and murmuring to himself: at beats, it
beatsl-after twenty years of thought and
study-the air does not not enter-the
priests and doctors are vanquishedw
On opening my eyes, on the following
day, | found myself stretched upon the
same bed. The empire was beside me.
/ endeavored TO speak, but could not; the
empiric placed his finger on his lip and
shook his head
''You now have within your veins" he
said, the reyivifying blood OF youth.
You will begin life anew at the age OF
four years. What terrible heat A hun
dred and eighteen pulsation; the new
blood pours through your veins like tor
rent in mill-race. This fever will last
for fifteen days, during which time you
must take nothing but milk. My little
grandson is resting we'll; in six more days
he will have recovered. All, my apparatus
is a marvel"
At this juncture knock came at the
door, and my old servant, Maria Anton,
entered.
what has become OF my master" she
asked.
Here he is, little indisposed because
in accompanying me home, he stumbled
and"
THAT accursed ciderW
mo, Maria, il was owing TO the dark.
ness. Two of his ribs are misplaced, but
inside of fifteen days he will be all right. y
Maria Anton, thus treasured, departed
Poor old woman" unused the en-
piric; "how many Of your granddaugh-
tiers will have to wait upon your master l''
For many days the empiric paid me
hourly visits, feeling my pulse, giving me
milk, and talking to himself NY condi
ton was very peculiar. My whole body
was burning with feverish heat, and
experienced general trembling. with light
pains in the chest, back and ribs on draw.