The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-02-23

the dead weight thLt held ne down. " hen
| recovered consci Jul l"ss l was lying l.. 0--e
of the hospital wards. The i re Ccorf It, IN
the operation was two and 6 hal horrv, ar
/ knew nothing abo-t it. Mica to my ~
DR.. Hazlefon did save my left fcot.
''From tins time ON for five o-'lax weeks my
improvement was remarkable, the only draw
back being an intense pein III che anpItaIed
foot. The doctor said it came from n-rvc-s
sympathy on the part of the an erior tiDi;d
nerve l told him to snatch it out, and it
was done, this operation, like the first, beng
performed under the influence of ether.
'What were my feelings this time? Well,
very curious l had been reGs,ng the &C
count of an engineer who was crushed in an
accident. He had been caught under boiler,
and while slowly burning to death he called
his associates around him and had one of
them write his will under his dictation.
While passing under the influence of the
ether recalled all the incidents-how he had
given certain amount to one and certain
amount to another until his last moment
when he said, Boys, stay by me; it viii all
be over directly At that instant / gave, so
they afterwards told me, what they called a
gasp, and from that time knew nothi- g until
the end of the operation. On regaiU~g con-
scousness, twenty minutes afterwCrus, the
first thought that occurred to my e.rd was
this dying act of the engineer, bu L was not
aware that anything had been done to me-
In two months and half | was alto To weir
crutches.
lowing to the extreme tenderness of the
stump, enough Of the flap not having been
left to form cushion, another operation is
now necessary for the purpose of reuoring
an inch or two more of the BONE As 10 fear,
haven't the slightest; in fact am looking
forward with a good deal of satisfaction to
the relief that is promised, only have a
horror of that astmoment-jH before losing
consciousness When you take gas for tooth
pulling purposes, the brain remains alive in
one shape or another, but with ether the
brain is apparently dead. When I take the
stuff again [ shall note the feelings more par
ticulariy, for I shall be in q moro philosophi-
cal and curious train of mind. After the
first operation felt better than ever before
in nv life but since then have felt worse,
and from 100 pounds have come down to
about 165 The constant sensation is that of
standing on a knife or being compelled to
walk with a-stone bruise.
'You may smile at the idea, but l had that
ampatated foot burned. Why? Because
have frequently read that when limbs are
buried they always giveone heap of trouble.
Some people imagine they can feel the sand
between their toes. 1t may be imagination
ON my part, too, for 1 know that foot is in
ashes, but can still feel that it is being
crushed or cut to pieces. My natural foot
also gives me a great deal of trouble and
probably will as long as L have nerves, but
it's great deal better than an artificial one.
/ l wonder what my next ether dream will be
abodt.n And the speaker h1nped off to make
/ ARRANGEMENTS for his Forthcoming amputa-
ton with as much sang froid as if he were
| going TO dress Tor ball.
| C. ne FoNTAINh