St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-02-04

| if that man there were to expire unde
our hands-what then2'
Impossible!' was the quick reply
1T is bound to succeed, and even if i
did not, he will die glorious death il
the interests of science; while, if we were
to let him go, he would sooner or later
fall into the hands of the hangman.'
81 could not even see the two men,
yet their conversation was doubtless
about me, and, hearing it, shuddered
from head to foot. They were propos-
| ing some dangerous operation On me, not
for my benefit, but in the interest OF
medical science.
''At any rate, thought, they won't
undertake such a thing without my
SANCTION And what, after all, was
their intention? 1t 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
a few, cases of man who, for some rea-
son or other, has lost so much blood that
his death seemed inevitable if 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, great mistake to deprive fellow
being of necessary blood, for the
one thereby only gains life and
strength at the cost Of ,lother, who offers
himself for an always dangerous sacri-
fce."
"'Yes, I do not think that right
either,' repued DR.. Langler. And.
moreover, how seldom is 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. I
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-
teal manner the correctness of our theory
"'And this proof, dear friend, we will
without delay. Let me just
repeat my inst. actions, for we cannot 60
to work too carefully to preserve the life
Of this man. will open vein in his
thigh and measure exactly the quantity
IF 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
he extinction of the last spark of life
We will insert the warm blood of living
abbit into his veins, as we have already
arranged. If my theory is right, the pull
alton of the heart will then gradually
Increase in strength and rapidity. At
anne time it is important to protect his
limbs from cold and stiffness, which will
aturally take place with the loss Of all
rterial blood
The conversation of the two doctors
overwhelmed me with deadly terror.
ould scarcely believe I was really awake !
nd not the victim Of some cruel night {
hare. :
The fact remained, however, that | :
y helpless on the dissecting table, that I
threatening skeleton stood in the corner q
the room and, above all, that terrible
which had to listen to in +
lcnce filed me with fear such as had !,
ever before experienced. Involuntarilv +
lc thought forced itself upon me that q
as at the mercy Of two infatua I doe O
rs, to whose mad theory should here +
Il the victim. <
" l said to myself that no doctor with "
sound mind would propose such q Il
lghtful and murderous experiment upon l.
living man. +,
" The two doctors now approached the II
ssecting table and looked calmly into
Y face: then smiling, took off their II
ats and tucked up their sleeves. I N
.uggled to get free, as only desperate Il
'nces could nah aRee esA4tTraaordinary circum- "
leir long acquired Experience Knew itn; y y
" to render me completely helpless, NJ
q, to their satisfaction, | could NOT q
en- make sound. (
50 DR.. Enyer now turned TO 9 side ta- -
;, and saw him open chest OF suroi- IL
instruments and take out lancet N
IN which he returned to me. He at ~.
&c removed the covering from nv right s ,'
gh, and although | lay bound to the 70
lie in such way that could not see ",
limbs, was able to watch the doctor th
sled with his preparations. W. W.
Directly after removing the cloth 7 f.,
a prick in the side of my leg and at II
'e felt the warm blood rush forth and
'kle down my leg, The conviction
t he had opened the principal vein
lld have sufficed to shake the strong
nerves. AL
There is no danger said DR.. Eng cel
looking into my staring, protrudine ant
5 with terrible calmness. You will abe
die, my good man. I have only 10
ned an artery and you will experience ab'
The sensations of bleeding to death str
will get weaker and weaker. and NIT
lily, perhaps, lose all consciousness. qu5
we shall not let you die. No, no! LAD
must live and astonish the scientific lad
ID through my great discovery IN
naturally could say nothing in ago
y, and 10 words can adequately ex- dol
s what | felt at that moment. 7 the
d in one breath have wept, implored, 9Th
ed and raved. and
Meanwhile I felt my life's blood flow to /
and could hear it drop into vessel t TIM
LIMO under the nnd nf 4La ALL it'll