Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-15

of the two persons whom he had Dor
rowed, of one a kidney, of the other
leg? Putting the young lady on on
some pretext, went as soon as could
find time to the cold storage vaults
and consulted the entries made on the
record which you are all aware is kept,
of the human parts kept there. Eager
" turned to the index for the letter
G and saw Gignoux, paga SIS. Find
ing that page and running my finger
down to occupation. | saw in the
space left for the purpose the word
actor"
MY first thought, gentlemen, after
the profound interest took in my dis
covery Of q great scientific truth had
abated was one of apprehension. The
changing of my patient from the in
stincts OF a lawyer to those OF an ac-
tor by the substitution Of kidney,
important as they were, were nothing
compared with the danger that might
follow from the change Of his leg.
shuddered when the thought c3me TO
me that I might by the second opera
ton have engrafted upon n good young
man engaged to a pure young woman
the instincts of a murderer"
The doctor was interrupted again by
expressions of wonder. disapprobation,
incredulity and faith in his discovery,
all mingled in a miniature storm.
81 will first state" he continued pres
emily, ''the further result of the kidney
ENGRAVING. whereas Gignoux from
whom the organ was taken, was an ac-
tor of great ability. Mercier, from what
1 can learn, shows no histrionic ability
at all, and had only been able to OBJ
tain a situation among the supernu-
meraries. In other words, since the
kidney is but minute portion OF the
body he has inherited but a minute
part of Gignoux's talent. Thus far
nothing has been discovered to show
why the taste developed
From what?" called a voice.
1.-THE kidney of a talented actor"
go onr' cried many voices.
There is nothing to show" the
speaker proceeded, why MERCER &C
quired so much of the taste with so
little of the talent of the man whose
member he had acquired"
The doctor paused again and showed
visible signs of distress in entering
upon the next part of his address:
MERCER himself was much troubled
at the change in him, especially as it
! distressed his flancee, and was likely
to separate him from a girl he truly
loved. He came to see me with view
to my taking out the kidney had put
In and replacing 1t with one the record
of which was satisfactory. I told him
that If the trouble continued I would
do so.
zone morning received telephone
message from Mile. Devereaux that APP
palled me. 1t was that her lover had
! tried to kill her"
At this announcement so angry be-
came the discussions that DR.. Armour
hurled an iron inkstand at DR.. Poiteau.
and DR.. Pourtaire broke a package of
test tubes he had obtained for his lab
oratory over DIR. lie Verier's head.
Gentlemen" cried the president of
the society, 81 beg of you to listen TO
the outcome of this marvellous scien-
tific discovery"
The disturbance subsidized and DR..
/
kerchief. proceeded. though haltingly.
"The risk of q second substitution was
so great that l did not encourage Mile.
Devereaux by promising anything in
: this line
"She was therefore obliged to choose
between lover who was liable to
murder her and one with one kidney
and a cork leg. She took the matter
under consideration and later inform
ed me that she had decided on having
the kidney and the leg removed. She
would rather die than have husband
stamping about on a peg, but there
was no knowing how many persons
he might kill, and she dreaded the
stain of the gibbet for himself and
the children that might be born to
them.
And so. gentlemen, am punished
for daring to alter natures laws.
have had all the trouble, occasicned
all the pain for nothing and am now
obliged to undo my work with as
much trouble and pain as in doing it."
The speaker sat down, and t.
Tetedeux arose and said:
IL move you. sir. that hereafter no
leg. arm, kidney, gall. spleen. bladder
or any other part of the human body
belonging to one OF the criminal
classes be received in the medical cold
storage varlts."
The president put the motion, and
it was carried unanimously.
1t Is but proper to add that the re-
moval of the members that had been
grated upon the young man was sue
cessfully accomplished. He was glad
to return to the legal profession and
ell desire to commit murder was elm
.. mated. He is happily married. and a
new graft Is contemplated. but bis
. wife proposes to know all about the
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