We do not
render the patient unconscious, but prevent her from remembering
anything that goes on."
Dr. Holmes, the attending physician, was just starting the
treatment. Filling his hypodermic, he selected a spot on the
patient's arm, where it had been scrubbed and sterilized, and
injected the narcotic.
"How simply you do it all, here!" exclaimed Reinstrom in surprise
and undisguised admiration. "You Americans are wonderful!"
"Come--see a patient who is just recovering," I added, much
flattered by the praise, which, from a German physician, meant
much.
Reinstrom followed me out of the door and we entered a private
room of the hospital where another woman patient lay in bed
carefully watched by a nurse.
"How do you do?" I nodded to the nurse in a modulated tone.
"Everything progressing favorably?"
"Perfectly," she returned, as Reinstrom, Haynes and myself formed
a little group about the bedside of the unconscious woman.
"And you say they have no recollection of anything that happens?"
asked Reinstrom.
"Absolutely none--if the treatment is given properly," I replied
confidently.
I picked up a piece of bandage which was the handiest thing about
me and tied it quite tightly about the patient's arm.
As we waited, the patient, who was gradually coming from under the
drug, roused herself.
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