Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-11-24

| II that man there were 10 expire under
our hands what thenP
/" 'Impossibler was the quick reply.
1T Is bound TO succeed, and even II IL
did not, he will die glorious death In
| the interests OF science; while. II we were
| to let him 20, he would sooner or later
| fall into the hands of the hangman.'
81 could not even see the two men,
vet their conversation was doubtless
about me, and, hearing II, shuddered
| from head to foot. Thoy were propos-
ing some dangerous operation on me, not
for my benefit, but In the interest Of
medical science.
cat any rate. l thought, they won't
undertake such a thing without my
sanction. And what, after all. was
their intcntionl II must be something
terrible, for they had already mentioned
the possibility OF my succumbing.
should soon know the fearful truth, for
after short pause they continued:
" 1T has long been acknowledged that
the true source of life lies in the blood.
What wish to prove. dear Langner. is
this: Nobody need die from pure loss of
blood, and yet such cases occur only too
often, while we must all the time be in
possession Of means to renew this highly
important sap of life and thus avoid a
fatal result. We read of few, but only
few, cases of man who, for some rea-
son or other, has lost so much blood that
his death seemed inevitable il some other
noble-hearted man had not offered his
own blood, in order to let it flow into
the veins of the dying man. AS you are
aware, this proceeding has always had
the desired effect. ! consider it, how
ever, a great mistake to deprive fellow
being of necessary blood, for the
one thereby only gains life and
strength at the cost of another, who offers
himself for an always dangerous sacri-
fice."
"'Yes, l do not think that right
either replied DIR. Langler. And.
moreover, how seldom is a man found at
the critical moment ready to submit him
self at once to such dangerous loss of
blood"
"'That is very natural; no one rightly
undertakes such thing continued the
other. so much greater will be our
triumph If the operation succeeds. /
hope to show you, dear colleague, that
although we are thinking of taking that
mans blood, even to the last drop, in a
few hours we shall set him on his feet
again.
"'Just so! I do not see why we should
not succeed. At any rate, in the inter
ests of science we should prove in prac-
tical manner the correctness of our theory.
"'And this proof, dear friend, we will
undertake without delay. Let me just
repeat my instructions, for we cannot go
to work too carefully to preserve the life
of this man. / will open vein in his
thigh and measure exactly the quantity
of blood which flows out, at the same
time watching the beating of the heart.
Under ordinary circumstances nothing
could possibly save him; but just before
the extinction of the last spark of life
we will insert the warm blood of Ii living
rabbit into his veins, as we have already
arranged. If my theory is right, the pull
sation of the heart will then gradually
increase in strength and rapidity. At
same time it is important to protect his
limbs from cold and stiffness, which will
naturally take place with the loss of all
arterial blood.
1.-THE conversation of the two doctors
overwhelmed Inc with deadly terror. l
could scarcely believe was really awake
and not the victim of some cruel night
mare.
"The fact remained, however, that /
lay helpless on the dissecting table, that
threatening skeleton stood in the corner
of the room and, above all, that terrible
conversation which had to listen to in
silence filed me with fear such as had
never before experienced Involuntarily
the thought forced itself upon me that
was at the mercy of two infatuated doe
tors. to whose mad theory should here
fall the victim.
Il said to myself that no doctor with
sound mind would propose such a
frightful and murderous experiment upon
a living man.
1.-The two doctors now approached the
dissecting table and looked calmly into
my face: then smiling, took off their
coats and tucked up their sleeves. l
struggled to get free, as only desperate
man under such extraordinary circum-
stances could have struggled. In vain.
Their long acquired experience knew
hew to render me completely helpless,
and, to their satisfaction, / could not
even make sorSd.
" DR.. Engler now turned to side ia
BILE, and saw him open a chest of surgi-
| cal instruments and take out a lancet,
with which he returned to me. He at
once removed the covering from my right
thigh, and although l lay bound to the
table in such way that could not see
/ he II al,la 70 xvofoh fha 1nofAr
busted with his preparations.
Directly after removing the cloth l
felt prick in the side of my leg and at
once felt the warm blood rush forth and
trickle down my leg. The conviction
that he had opened the principal vein
would have sufficed to shake the strong
est nerves.
"'There is no danger, said DR.. Eng
Ter, looking into my staring, protruding
eyes with terrible calmness. You will
not die, my good man. have only
opened an artery and you will experience
all the sensations of bleeding to death.
You will get weaker aud weaker, and
finally, perhaps, lose all consciousness,
but we shall not let you die. No, no
You must live and astonish the scientific
world through my great discovery
81 naturally could say nothing in
reply, and no words can adequately ex-
press what / felt at that moment.
could in one breath have wcpt, implorcd,
cursed and raved.
meanwhile felt nay lfe's blood flow
ing, and could hear it drop into vessel
standing under the end of the table.
Every moment the doctor laid his hand
| ON my hcart Mt the samo time making