Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-04-28

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terrible table. gagged and bound, which
indicated something extraordinary.
1T astonished me not little that
there should be such an operating room
in such house. until remembered that
DIR. Langner, as the district physician,
had to carry ont the postmortem exam
nations for the circuit. and that in the
small provincial town no other room
was available for scch purpose. felt
too miserable. however, to think any
thing more about II. But ! soon no
ticed. after another vain effort 10 free
myself. that was not alone In the room,
for heard the rustling Of paper. and
then some one said in quiet. measured
tones:
".Yes. Langner. am quite convinced
that this man Is particularly suited for
the carrying out Of my highly impor-
tant experiment How long have been
wishing to make the attempt--at last,
tonight. shall bs able to produce the
proof Of my theory.
"'That would indeed be q high tri-
umph Of human skill heard second
voice reply; but consider, dear doctor,
II that man there were to expire under
our hands--what thenf
"sImpossibler was the quick reply
1t is bound TO succeed, and even II 1t
did not, he viii die glorious death in
the interests Of science; while. If we
were to let him 60. he would sooner OF
later fall into the hands of the hangman.'
al could not even see the two men,
x,ot thasr ~e,,vawuuts,x. .s.u. ls..t,<l.s~
about me; and. hearing 1t. | shuddered
from head to foot. They were propos-
ing some dangerous operation on me,
not for my benefit. but in the interests
Of medical science.
"At any rate. thought. they wont
undertake such a thing without my
sanction; and what, after all, was their
intention7 Ii must be something terri
BILE, for they had already mentioned the
possibility Of my succumbing. lshould
soon know the fearful truth. for. after a
short pause. they continued:
lit 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 fatal result. We read Of few,
but only few. cases of man who for
some reason or other has lost so much
blood that his death appeared inevita-
BILE IL some other noble hearted man
had not offered his own blood in order
to let 1t flow from his veins into the
veins of the dying man. AS you are
aware, this proceeding has always had
the desired effect. l consider it. how.
ever, great mistake TO deprive a fel.
low being of necessary blood, for the
one thereby only gains life and strength
ut the cost of another, who offers him.
self for an always dangerous sacrifice
Yes. do not think that right
either replied DIR. Langner. And
moreover, how seldom Ia a man found
at the critical moment ready to submit
himself ut once to such dangerous los
of blood
| That is very natural; no one light,
undertakes such = thing continued th,
other. 80 much greater viii be on
triumph II the operation succeeds
hope TO show you, dear colleague, tina
although we are thinking of taking tina
mans blood, even 10 the last drop, il
few hours we shall set him ON his fee
again.
Just sol | do not see why w
should not succeed. At any rate. in tn
interest OF science, we should prove in
practical manner the correctness of on
theory
".And this proof. dear friend, we Wi
undertake without delay. Let me jus
repeat my instructions. for we csnn<
go to work too carefully to preserve th
, life Of this man. viii open vein
his thigh and measure exactly the quar-
same time watching the beating Of u
heart. Under ordinary circumstance
, nothing could possibly save him, b.
! Just before tho extinction Of tho IL
, spark of life we will insert the war
! blood OF living rabbit into his vein
as we have already arranged. II n
theory u right, the pulsation Of Il
heart will then gradually increase
/ strength and rapidify. At the san
: time it 10 important 10 protect his linn
4 from cold and stiffness, which win M
!. urally take place with the loss of arteri
4 blood
The conversation OF the two docto
I overwhelmed me with deadly terror.
!. could scarcely believe was real
! awake and not the victim Of some cru
! | nightmare.
9 THE fact remained, however, that
! ! lay helpless on the dissecting table. II
threatening skeleton stood In the o,
= ner Of the room, and. above all. th
q terrible conversation which had
y y listen to In silence filed me with II
\ \ such as had never before experience
Tnvoluntarily the thought forced its
no upon ms that wns At the mercy Of T.
a infatuated doctors. 70 whose mad thes
a should here fall the victim.
= II said to myself that no doctor "
= sound mind would propose such
"a frightful and murderous experim
upon living man.
THE two doctors now approached
I. dissecting table and looked calmly |
,S my face; thsn, smiling. took on Il
- coats and tucked up their sleeves.
u struggled to get free, as only des1
= ale man under such extraordinary
n, cusnstances could have struggled.
:; vain. Their long acquired experie
!, knew how to render me completely hl
{, less. and 10 their satisfaction ] CO
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