Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-24
CHAPTER III.
On the Eve.

Salu Nltall Ergazy III lnal peculiarly
soft, insinuating voice of his. 1--WE
must show you our equipment and
apparatus and explain many things
to you Shall We so into the operat-
ing-rOOm?"
followed him into a room directly
across the hall from the dning-room,
a place. saw at glance-admirably
and deliberately fitted up as surgery,
The whole house below-stairs> was
wired for the new electric lights
known AS incandescents. but this
room was unusually well supplied.
The apartment fairly blazed with
them. Over the white enamel.and-
glass operating.table a cluster of them
under refectors beat down a fierce
white glare.
One wall was half occupied by
book-shelves with medical works,
treatises. and pamphlets in proiusion
The. opposite wall, to the left of the
door, was taken up by a broad labora
tory bench, well stocked with racks
of walls, test.tubes, retorts, crucibes,
microst opes, and other apparatus,
some ,tircly stranrc 10 me.
A glass ingtrument-casc with seal
pels, forccps, needles, aLl Zig; lures,
scissors and a variety of minor equip
ment,. showed me how elaborctely the
colleagues had prepared for the task
ahead OF them. Cotton and bandages
were literally provided.
A Pouze-Boch sterilizer stood near
the operating table, all wired for use.
Several pieces OF vibratory and cleo,
trotherapcutic apparatus summed the
total of the equipment. Surprised
despite myself, paused and looked
about me in silence.
At desk under green shaded
incandescent Andre Brodeur sat bust
ly writing notes in book-records
of the case so far, no doubt. He looked
up quickly as we entered, smiled and
laid down his pen then rose and came
to meet me with the charming eour-
tesy innate in the man by reason of
his race.
"Ah DR.. Bloss." said he with his
engaging smile. Il welcome you to
the place of our future labors. What
do you think of our little improyised
surgery? Not so bad-is it?-for a
place sixteen miles from a lemon, as
| believe you call it. We have ne
elected nothing, | believe, thai we
could possibly think of 49, not even
some rather elaborate Photographic
apparatus TO record final results
And he motioned toward pair OF
| cameras, some hashlight material,
and other things on one end of the
workbench.
| Its splendid" exclaimed, my
professional admiration aroused by
the completeness and perfection OF
the equipment Nothing could be
| finer"
The place was indeed a wonderful
| treasure house of scientific marvels
! Had not the final tragedy whelmeo
! all in destruction what might not
I that splendid beginning have led TO-
\ so very far in advance of its time?
Brodeur smiled again while Vital
\ Ergazy nodded assent.
? Il thank you for your excellent
I compliment" the Frenchman return
ed. 1--WE have tried not to forget moth
ing, or to leave no loophole for pos
| sible failure. Here is apparatus cost
4 ing between fifty and seveniy-hvt
\ thousand dollars. Everything you de
not understand will be fully explained
+ to you. Here, as you see, is where VT
are to operate?"
He waved toward the table.
"And the patients bed?" | asked.
in there" he answered, pointing
at an inner door.
He stepped to this, opened 1t, ant
disclosed passageway closed by still
another door.
"We call the room in there thu
ward Just convenient name for II
/ you understand
/ Speaking, he reached the inne
door. followed him; Ergazy came
last. The door swung open unde
Brodeurs touch. We entered | fount
myself in most beautiful and i'm
maculate little chamber, fitted with ;
hospital bed, two chairs. a table, an,
everything that ingenuity could die
lala FIR The rnmfnri of The nrnanpcI