Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-07-27

for.
"Aftor he had put hi1 hand On mo for
at least the twentieth time. und felt the
boating u tho heart, lo said TO his as
sistnnt.
"'Arc You reldy with your prcpara-
tons, Langnor Ito has now lost nm en-
ornous quantityo f blood, and tho pulsa-
tion % getting weaker and weaker. Sec,
lac Is already losing consciounosg. uud
with these words no took tho gag GU. Of
my mouth
"a feeling Of deadly wcal.uaa as VOL
ns Of ininito misery laid hold Of me
whom tho physician uttered those words.
md on my attempting to speak found
that scarcely whispering murmnr
pnaodmy lipa. Shudowy phanioms aud
strange colom fitted D.. i1fo my eyes.
and believed myself 10 bo already in q
G,ato past all human uil.
"Mhat haprohod In tho uost fow min.
utcs do not know. for 1 had tainted.
When reopauol my oya9 noticed 40
longer lay on tho disocling table, but
was sitting Ia an armchair IA cou!.
Portable room, near which stood the two
doctors looking az me.
"Near mc was n flask Of wine, several
smelling salts. few basins Of cold
water, some spUnFcs and n galvunic bat
tory. Il was now bright daylight. and
tho two doctors smiled Us thoy looked at
mo.
when remembered the terrible OK.
pertinent / shgddorcd with horror and
tried to rise. folt too weak. however,
and sanl; back hclplc5. into The chair.
Then the circuit physician, ia friendly
but firm voice. addressing me:
"'Composo yourself. young man. You
imagined you wcro slowly bleeding to
death; nevertheless, be- assured that you
have not lost single drop Of blood.
You have undergone no operation what.
ever, but hayo simply boon the victim
Of your own imagination. We know
very well you heard every word Of our
conyorsa alton, u conversation which WIS
only intended 10 deceive you as much rs
possible. What | maintained was. that %
mans body will always completely lie
undor tho influence OF wha, hc himself
firmly believes, while my colleague, on
tho other hand, held the opinion shat
tho body can never DO hurt by anything
which only exists IN the imagination.
This has long boon nu open question be-
tween Us, which, after your capture,
we ut once determined 10 decide. so wo
surrounded you with objects OF u nature
to influence your Imagination, aided
further by our couvcr alton; and final
~, your conviction that We would real.
~ carry cut the operation Of which you
heard MS spcal; completed the deception.
"'You have now the satisfaction OF
knowing that you are rs safe und ~
sound as ever you were. AZ the same time
wo assure you that You really showed all
tho symptoms Of man bleeding to
death, proof that tho body can some.
times suGcr from tho most absurd IN.
reality that the mind can imagine
"Astonishmcnt, JOY and doubt az fluid.
ing myself neither dead nor dying strug.
glcd within me, and then tho rngo u
having been subjected TO such an awful
and hcaItloss experiment by tho two
doctors overcamo me. was quickly
interrupted by DR.. Englcr, however. on
trying to give free scope TO my indigna.
ton.
"'wo had not exactly any right "a
undertake such an experiment with
YOU no said: but wo thought you
would pardon MS II we delivered you
from certain punishment instead OF
having 20 undergo a painful trial aud a
long imprisonment for burglary. You
cre certainly Mt liberty 20 complain
about u.s. but consider, my good fellow,
II such u stop Is in your interests. 10
not think 10. On tho other hand, We
are quito willing 10 make you fitting
compensation for all the agony you have
suffered
"Jnlgr tho circumstances, continued
George Martin, II considered It wise "a
accept thoir proposal, although have
not to this day forgiven tho two mcn lor
40 treating mo.
"lho dogtom kept their promise.
They mado me very handsome present,
and troubled themselves about mo IN
other ways, 70 that since TINT tiiuo /
hayO been more fortunate aud, hone,
a better man, SIN | have never for.
gotten tho hour when lay GA tho die.
secting ighlo-the unexpected victim Of
a terrible cxporimont-in tho interests
q science, as Dr.. Engler explained"
Such was tho strange story Of my
friend lis death, which recently tool,
place, released me from tho promise Of
secrecy given 20 him about an event
which ho could never recall. even after
lapse Of thirty years, without feeling
OF undated horror. Strand Magazine.