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Show I PHYSICIAN" A HERO M BRAVE ACT OF DOCTOn TOLD DY B LONDON PAPER. H Though flow Fallen on Evil Days, Dr. H Eustace Hat One Act to His Cred- H It Worthy of His Glorious Pro- H Tlio Blory of tlio doctor who full on H evil days ami bocanio n common lu- H feorer in a factory ut VIlno3, l.an- H caslilre, hus luterentliig development!!. H Tlio doctor In question Dr. Marcus fl Ktintaco told Ills Htory of misfortune H In tlio Liverpool liankriiptoy court. H This was printed In tlio Dully Mall, H nnd Its publication lins drawn from n H corrospondent tlio following draiuatlo H narrative: M It was midnight. A sudden ring of H tlio night bell aroused tlio doctor, from H Ills slmnberH. m "Who Is it? What do you want?" H ho Inquired at the npcakliiK tube. H "Mrs. Morris, of tlio Clrnngo HtnbleB, M is taken worse. They tlilnlt sho is H dying. Wilt you please come at mice, 1 M "All right, my mail. I'll be with you H in a minute." H Hastily preparing lihiiEelt for n lout; H nnd cold drlvo, the doctor took his B pi a co by the driver's side. Half uu H hour later ho stood by tlio bedside In H tlio sick room. No well-appointed H chamber of n wealthy client this, but M just nn ill-llRhtcd, scantily furnished H room of n poor cottager. H The woman's husband and a kind, H neighborly woman stood by the bed- m tide anxiilusly awaiting the doctor's H verdict. H . One glance was suftlclcnt. "God help H you, my man. I nm afraid I can do H nothing to savo her." H Tho man sobbed. H "Thcro Is olio chance, a slight M chance," said tlio doctor In a whilo. H ' "Tell me, Morris, are you prepared to M make a great sacrifice, muybo to risk H join- life to savo that of your wife?" H "I would die for her, doctor," the H man replied In n honrso voice. B "And yet," continued the doctor, "I B doubt If In your caso It would bo cffl- HJ cnclous. You nro weak and worn out BJ with anxiety nnd watclilns." BJ The doctor paused for n moment in Bl thought. Bl "Here, bring the light nearer,- and Bl bo ready to asslat mo." Tho man held BJ the light and watched the doctor as ho BJ divested himself of his coat. And BJ there and then, without (lualllled as- BJ slstarico, and for the sake of this poor BJ nnd huniblo woman, ono of the great- BJ est and noble.it acts of horolsui wnu ! BJ performed. I BJ Ilarlng his own n'rni,. the doctor, BJ without tieoltutlon, made an Incision BB t nnd Injected into tho woman blood . BJ ' from his own eln. Vow without stir-1 Bl glcnl knowledge tcallio tho danger Bl of tlio operation known us "trnnsfu- Bh vlon." It Is nt all times a dangerous BJ operation. The slightest hitch or or- BJ ror nnd the life of both doctor nnd pa- BJ (lent, in tho absence of surgical as- BJ ulstnnce, would hnve been sacriflccd. BJ, Tho patient recovered. The doctor BJ lives to-dny in the person of Marcus BM Eustace, whoso snd story was do- BJ scribed in tho Dally Mail. BJ Eighteen years ago I had tho honor Bh of knowing him personally. Ho Is my. Bh Ideal of n true-hearted and noble man BJ London Mall. |