Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-31
DAILY. STORY
MENDING A DISPOSITION.
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| the surgeon. 1.-THE patient is sleeping
soundly."
What is the object of the present
operation?
The father of Charles Renwick, on
whom l have operated, desires that his
son shall unite two estates by marry
ing his second cousin, Miss Annette
Barkalow. Charles inherits from a
great-uncle moroSe, dictatorial, over
bearing disposition, very repulsive to
the young lady. AT the fathers re-
quest l have let the blood of an amia-
bic. rollicking. generous young fellow
into Charles veins, supplying the def
cheney from the blood of a healthy
sheep. Miss Barkalow knows nothing
! of the affair. When Charles gets out
| he Is to make n new wOoing."
Charles Renwick after the operation
, was very much changed. He was an
| object of great interest to the doctor
who had given him new blood and
with the new blood new disposition.
/ The following account is taken from
the surgeons memoranda:
Jan. 5.-Permitted the patient to go
| out to ride within three days after the
infusion. Saw evidence of change in
| disposition from the first. Moodiness
gone. Patients previous inclination to
cruelty to animals replaced by an ap-
parent fondness for them. Feasibility
vanished Patient is constantly sing
ing, cracking jokes. making merry.
Jan. 30.-Renwick senior tells me that
Miss Barkalow's repulsion to Charles
seems to be diminishing. The couple
Il
the young lady shows no disposition to
repel his attentions. Mr.. Renwick, Sr.,
very hopeful. Says he has noticed sew
eral traits that did not belong to his
son before the transfusion-viz tend
ency to play practical jokes. Has come
upon him suddenly when dancing
alone. Neither of these traits was
ever observed in him before.
Feb. 15.-Have been studying heredi-
tary cases and am struck with some
remarkable ones. showing how traits
will lie dormant for several genera
tons, then crop out in single in
dividual. This leads me to prepare my
self for any peculiarities that may de-
velOp in the case of Charles Renwick.
Called on Wagstaff, from whose son
took the blood. Has lent me
sketch of every member of the family
for five generations back. Shall keep
them for reference as occasion sug-
gestS.
April 24.-Mr. Renwick, ST., has just
been to me in sore distress Charles
has been acting strangely The boy
has apparently been captivated by a
ballet dancer. Has correspondent with
bov DENOMINATION. fO.
nately all has been discovered in time
and Charles sent southwark. Refer
ring to family sketches, find Peter Red
mond, Wagstaff's uncle, married an
actress. Singular that this should
have come again to the surface in
Charles by transfused blood.
Sept. 30.-More trouble in the case
of Charles Renwick. His father tells
me that just as he was about to be
married to Miss Barkalow he so dis
gusted her that she has broken with ,
him. 1t seems that the two were in
the country and attended county fair
in the same party. Charles separated
for n time from the others, and when |
they saw him again he was in the cen |
ter of crowd dancing Jig and swing |
ing his cane over his head. Some one |
guyed him, whereupon Charles went |
for the fellow, rafting his cane on the |
mans head and shoulders. Two of his !
adversary's friends went in to help |
him crush Charles, but Charles jump |
ed five feet in the air, landed Il down |
blow on one of them and cracked the |
skull of the other with his cane, which |
unfortunately was a big one made of |
hickory. He is now in jail.
Sept. 21.-Ran over the list of Wag |
stafrs ancestors Under the O's find |
Dennis O'Rourke, 1906 to 1880. Fa- |
nous for the swing of his shillalah. !
On one occasion at Donnybrook fair |
thrashed dozen men in succession. |
Had his head broken by bailiff and |
died at the age of twenty-four. This
looks bad. 1 fear my experiment of |
TRANSMISSION in order to improve dis
position is not successful in accom-
plishing the object desired.
Oct 2.-Have been thinking n good
deal about how to improve on Charles
Renwlck. May 1 not, instead of giving
him another disposition by a new
TRANSMISSION, mingle some more quies-
cent blood with his? AS soon as he is
from arrest will try.
Nov -. = This morning transfused
40 per cent of the blood of a mildly
theological student into the
veins of Charles Renwick. Am curious
to know If this will mingle dispositions.
modifying that of Charles Renwick.
Dec. 30.-Have made a remarkable
discovery. An inherited trait that does
not appear in an individual may be
brought out by mingling the blood of
that individual with the blood of an
other. After letting some of the theo
logical students blood into Charles
Renwick expected greater quiescence.
In this 1 have been disappointed.
Young Thuriet, the student, has de-
scended from one who took promi-
nent part in the French revolution.