Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-07-21

hearted man had not offered his own
blood, in order to let it flow from his
veins into the veins of the dying man.
AS you are aware, this proceeding has
always had the desired effect. con-
slider it, however, 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 dan
gerous sacrifice
"'Yes, I do not think that right
either, replied DR.. Langner. And,
moreover, how seldom is man found
at the critical moment ready to submit
himself at once to such dangerous
loss of blood
"'That is very natural; no one light
ly undertakes such thing continued
the other. so much greater will be
our triumph if the operation succeeds.
l hope to show you, dear colleague, that
although we are thinking of taking
that mans blood, even to the last drop,
in few hours we shall set him on his
feet again
"'Just so! do not see why we
should not succeed. At any rate, in the
interests of science we should prove in
a practical 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 guam
tity 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 living rabbit into his veins,
as we have already arranged. If my
theory is right the pulsation of the
heart will then gradually increase in
strength and rapidity. At the same
time it is important to protect his limbs
from cold and stiff ness, which will nat
urally take place with the loss of all
arterial blood
1.-THE conversation of the two doc tors
overwhelmed me with deadly terror.
could scarcely believe I was really
awake, and not the victim of some cruel
nightmare.
''The fact remained, however, that
lay helpless on the dissecting table, that
a threatening skeleton stood in the cor
ner of the room, and, above all, that
terrible conversation which / had to
listen to in silence filled me with fear
such as had never before experienced.
1nvoluntarily the thought forced itself
upon me that was at the mercy of two
infatuated doctors, to whose mad theo-
ry should here fall the victim.
81 said to myself that no doctor with
sound mind would propose such a
frightful and murderous experiment
upon living man.
'"The two doctors now approached
the dissecting table and looked calmly
into my face; then, smiling, took off
their coats and tucked up theft sleeves.
l struggled to get free, as only des-
perate man under such extraordinary
circumstances could have struggled. In
vain. Their long acquired experience
knew how to render me completely
helpless, and, to their satisfaction, l
could not even make a sound.
CDR. Engler now turned to side
table, and saw him open chest of
surgical instruments and take out a
lancet, with which he returned to me.
He at once removed the covering from
my right thigh, and although I lay
bound to the table in such a way that l
could not see my limbs, was able to
watch the doctor busted with his prep
arations.
Directly after removing the cloth
felt 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 of the thigh would have suficed to
shake the strongest nerves.
''There is no DANGER said DIR. 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 re-
ply, and no words can adequately ex-
press what / felt at that moment. I
could, in one breath, have wept, inn
plored, cursed and raved.
meanwhile l felt my life's 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 increased
my horror.
AFTER he had put his hand on me
for at least the twentieth time, and felt
the beating of the heart, he said to his
assistant:
Are you ready with your prepara-
tions, Langner? He has now lost an
enormous quantity of blood, and the
pulsation is getting weaker and weak
or. See. he is already losing conscious
ness, and with these words he took the
gag out of my mouth.
"a feeling of deadly weakness, as
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 eyes, and believed myself to
be already in a state past all human
aid.
What happened the next few min
utes l do not know, for had tainted.
When reopened my eyes, I noticed !
no longer lay on the dissecting table,
bnt was sitting in an arm chair in a
comfortable room, near which stood the
two doctors looking at me.
Near me was a flask Of wine, sew
eral smelling salts. . few basins Of cold