'Take a little of this solution.'
'Do open the doors, and let in some air. I can hardly draw my breath.'
'Oh, never fear but you will breathe long enough.'
'I shall faint.'
'Faint away, and we shall soon have the bone in.'
'Doctor, I can't stand it!'
'Then lay it, friend,' a favorite expression with one of the distinguished surgeons who officiated on this occasion.
'Wont you loosen these straps, only for a moment, so that I can rest my leg?'
'One minute, my good man,' continued the speaker, while with double vigor he reiterated his efforts to pry the bone into its cavity; 'bear it a little longer—one minute—there—bear it only a little while longer——'
'O, doctor, you will break my thigh! Doctor—doctor!'