CHAPTER XI.
“WHAT is your report about No. 19, doctor?”
“The fever is gone.”
“He is well, then?”
“He is well of the fever, but a fever leaves the patient in a state of debility for some days. I have ordered him meat twice a day—that is, meat once and soup once.”
“Then you report him cured of his fever?”
“Certainly.”
“Hodges, put No. 19 on the crank.”
“Yes, sir.”