El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-19

This story is told by q physician IL
one of the largest New York hospitals.
He declares it ia true in every respect
but refuses the use of his name or those
of the two persons most deeply inter
ested.
1t is not necessary to say that this
Is true story. Its very weirdness
stamps it as more wonderful than the
Widest flights of even Poe or Gabor'
iau; and De Msupssant would have
made a masterpiece of it.
The circumstances set down here
were told as taking place within the
walls of one Of New York's great hos
pitfalls not many months ago. The eth
ical, as we'll as the scientific, question
involved has been the occasion OF no
end of spirited controversy among med
ical men and others, with no commun-
ION of opinion yet arrived at. 1t chal-
lenges the deepest thought.
A promising young scientist, having
Just returned from q three years
course of study in various parts OF
Europe on scholarship from a New
York institution, settled down to work
in one of the great metropolitan hos
pitals. His speciality was disease of
the heart, foreseeing In that branch OF
experimental science q great field.
About the same time he became en-
gagged to the only daughter of a man of
great wealth, who had extensive inter
ests abroad, and who, with his wife
and daughter, made bi-yearly trips
over the water. On this particular
occasion, desiring to remain where her
fance could enjoy the charm of her
presence and the benefit of her coun-
sci, the daughter kept house in the fine
she servants, while her parents went
abroad. No sooner had they started,
however, than the young woman fell
I'll.
From the first the doctor (her 6ance),
who was in CONSTANT attendance upon
her, was puzzled over the case, and
finally he grew alarmed. He held con-
SITUATIONS, and it was finally agreed to
remove the young woman to the hos
pital, where she could enjoy the most
exceptions al care and where the con-
sulting physicians could watch her
case, which was peculiarly battling. It
was some sort of q valvular affection of
she heart, but the exact nature Of the
malay was beyond the reach of science.
She grew very weak, and cablegram
was sent to the patients parents, so
that on their arrival at Queenstown
they could imm ediately return.
Every resource known to medical
science was resorted to, but the case
grew more and more hopeless. This
was peculiarly distressing to the young
scientist, who was compelled to witness
the martydom of his own brfde-to-be
to disease in which he thought him
self so profoundly enlightened.
Every great heart specialist In the
metropolis was brought to the bedside,
but while one and all pronounced the
case hopeless not one could give clear
and positive diagnosis. The 6auce kept
mp the patients spirits till the last
When In the shadow of death she cal
Led him to her and whispered:
Tell me the truth. Does any one
know what is the matter with me?"
Her fiance shook his head disconsol-
ately, holding her closely in his arms,
for he could not speak.
.tThen," she continued, 81 leave 1t
for you tc find out, for the benefit of
those who shall come after"
These were her last words. Ten
minutes later she lspsed into coma and
vas soon pronounced dead. The BODY
was taken to the dead room and placed
In an ice enclosed casket, while the |