Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-03-26

Meuding a Disposition



the surgeon. 1.-THE patient is sleeping
soundly"
"what is the object of the present
operationT
"The father Of Charles Renwiek. on
whom 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 a mOrose, dictatorial over
bearing disposition, very repulsive to
the young lady At the fathers re-
quest have let the blood of an anna
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 a 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 a 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 a change in
disposition from the first. Moodiness
gone. Patients previous inclination to
cruelty to animals replaced by an APP
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
have been out to ride together, and
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 a 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 a single in
dividual. This leads me to prepare my
self for any pecullarities that may de-
velop in the case of Charles Renwick
Called on Wagstaff. from whose son I
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 captlvated by
ballet dancer. Has correspondent with
her. Preparations for fight. Fortu-
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 blool
Sept. 30.-lore 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 q county fair
in the same party. Charles separated
for a time from the others, and when
they saw him again he was in the cen
ter Of a crowd dancing a 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 a down
blow on one of them and cracked the
skull of the other with his cane, which |
unfortunately was big one made of
hickory. He is now in Jail.
Sept. 21.-Ran over the list of Wag- |
Stairs ancestors. Under the O's find |
Dennis O'Rourke, 1906 to 1890 Fa-
nous for the swing of his shillalah. |
On one occasion at Donnybrook fair !
thrashed a dozen men in succession. |
Had his head broken by baillff and
died at the age of twenty-four. This !
looks bad. l fear my experiment of |
TRANSMISSION in order to improve dis
position is not successful in accom-
plishng the object desired
oct. 2.-IIave been thinking a good |
deal about how to improve on Charles |
Renwcll. May not, instead of giving
him another disposition by a new
mingle some more ques-
cent blood with his? AS soon as he is
from arrest will try
Nov. - 49, 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 mlngle dispositions, |
notifying that Of Charles Renwick.
Dec. 3O..-Have made a remarkable |
discovery. An inherited trait that does
not appear in an individual may be
brought out by mlngling the blood of !
that Individual with the blood of an
other. After letting some of the theo-