The Columbus journal., 1892-07-13
II FELL ALL IN A HEAP"

the corner of the room, and, above all,
that terrible conversation which I had
to listen to in silence filed me with
a fear such as l had before ex-
~perienced. Involuntarily the thought
forced itself upon me that I was at the
mercy of two infatuated doctors, to
whose mad theory l should here fall
the victim.
81 said to myself that no doctor with
a sound mind would propose such q
frightful and murderous experiment
upon a living q
1.-The two doctors nov 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 a des-
perate man under such extraordinary
circumstances could have struggled.
In vain. Their long acquired expert
ence knew how to render me completely
helpless, and to their satisfaction, I
could not even make a sound
'Dr. Engler now turned to a side
table, and I saw him open q chest of
surgical instruments and take out a
lancet, with which he returned to me.
He ut once removed the covering from
my right thigh, and although 1 lay
bound TO the table in such a way that
I could not see my limbs, I was able to
watch the doctor busted with his
preparations.
Directly after removing the cloth l
felt a prick in the side of my leg and
at once felt the warm blood rush forth
and trickle down my leg. The convic-
ton that he had opened the principal
vein in the thigh would have suficed
to shake the strongest 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 I have only
opened an artery in your thigh, and
you will experience all the sensations
of bleeding to death. You will get
weaker and weaker, and finally, per-
haps. 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 ade-
quately express what felt
at that moment l could, in oue
breath, have wept, implored, cursed
and raved
MEANWHILE l felt my LIES blood
flowing, and could hear it drop into a
vessel standing under the end of the
table. Every moment the doctor laid
his hand on my heart, at the same
time making remarks which only in
creased my horror.
AFTER he had put his hand on me for
at least the twentieth time, and felt
the beating of the teart, he said to his
assistant:
"tAre you ready with your prepare
tons, Langner? He has now lost an
enormous quantity of blood, and the
pulsation is getting weaker and weaker.
See. he is already losing consciousness.'
and with these words he took the gag
out of my mouth.
"A feeling of deadly weakness, Is
well as of infinite misery, laid hold of
me when the physician uttered these
words. and on my attempting to speak
i found that scarcely . whispering
murmur passed my lips Shadowy
phantoms and strange colors fitted be-
fore my eye. and I believed myself to
be already in q state past all human
aid.
what happened in the next few
minutes 1 do not know, for I had
tainted. When 1 reopened my eyes I
noticed I no longer lay on the dissectr
ing table, but wa sitting in N arm
chairin comfortable room, neal which
stood the two doctors looking 1t me
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