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A fright, fall, a jump, a blow on the chest any of these might so jar the heart and aorta as to break the hold." Entrefort stopped. "Is that all?" asked Arnold. "No; but is not that enough?" "More than enough," said Arnold, with a sudden and dangerous sparkle in his eyes.
Before any of us could think, the desperate fellow had seized the handle of the stiletto with both hands in a determined effort to withdraw it and die. I had had no time to order my faculties to the movement of a muscle, when Entrefort, with incredible alertness and swiftness, had Arnold's wrists. Slowly Arnold relaxed his hold.
"There, now!" said Entrefort, soothingly; "that was a careless act and might have broken the adhesion! You'll have to be careful." Arnold looked at him with a curious combination of expressions. "Dr. Entrefort," he quietly remarked, "you are the devil."
"With the exception of the stiletto," explained Entrefort, "all the weapons you mention have one or two edges, so that in penetrating they cut their way. A stiletto is round, is ordinarily about half an inch or less in diameter at the guard, and tapers to a sharp point. It penetrates solely by pushing the tissues aside in all directions. You will understand the importance of that point." Dr.
I must have appeared odd to her, but it was impossible for me to be perfectly unconcerned. We went to Arnold's rooms, I with much dread. I left her in the reception-room and took Entrefort within. Arnold was too greatly absorbed in his own troubles to be dangerously excited by meeting Entrefort, whom he greeted with indifferent hospitality. "But I heard a woman's voice," he said.
"You must watch this man; he is too sharp; he is dangerous." "Then," resumed Entrefort, "I shall tell you what I intend to do. There will undoubtedly be inflammation of the aorta, which, if it persist, will cause a fatal aneurism by a breaking down of the aortal walls; but we hope, with the help of your youth and health, to check it. The aorta remains stationary.
In another moment something snapped. Hippolyte started; he was very nervous. He removed the little machine. "The metal is very hard," he said; "it breaks the saws." He adjusted another tiny saw and resumed work. After a little while he picked up the handle of the stiletto and laid it on the table. He had cut it off, leaving the blade inside Arnold's body. "Good, Hippolyte!" exclaimed Entrefort.
"It had to be cut off," pursued Entrefort, "not only because it would be troublesome and an undesirable ornament, but also because it was advisable to remove every possibility of its withdrawal." Arnold said nothing. "Here is a prescription," said Entrefort; "take the medicine as directed for the next five years without fail." "What for? I see that it contains muriatic acid."
He withdrew his hands, took one of mine in both of his, threw his arms upon the pillow above his head, and, holding my hand, firmly said to Entrefort, "Proceed with your work." "Come closer, Hippolyte," said Entrefort, "and observe narrowly. Will you kindly assist me, Dr. Rowell?" That gentleman had sat in wondering silence.
"What!" exclaimed Entrefort, startled. "He is, indeed, and is in this city." "Incredible!" "It is true; you shall see him." "But tell me about him now!" cried the surgeon, his eager eyes glittering with the peculiar light which I had seen in them on the night of the operation. "Has he regularly taken the medicine which I prescribed?" "He has.
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