human
I would have that finger off, Wood, if I were you, said one of the surgeons, a day or two afterwards, on seeing the state of the wound. But the others laughed at the suggestion, and my father, at first inclined to submit to the amputation, was persuaded to
gpt
One of the most eminent doctors of the day, as able as he was rough in manner, was called to see him. He examined him carefully, sounded his lungs, and left the room followed by my mother.
human
Well? she asked, scarcely anxious as to the answer, save as it might worry her husband to be kept idly at home.
gpt
You must keep up his spirits, was the thoughtless answer.
human
He is in a galloping consumption; you will not have him with you six weeks longer.