The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Foolish Virgin by Thomas Dixon: found that the knife had penetrated the lung. The
heart had not been touched. The blow on the neck had
not been fatal. The shock of the final stroke had
merely choked the wounded man into collapse from the
hemorrhage of the left lung. The position into which
the body had fallen across the couch had gradually
cleared the accumulated blood. There was a chance to
save his life.
In ten minutes he had applied stimulants and
restored respiration, but the deep wheeze from the
stricken lung told only too plainly the dangerous
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