George Allan England

Name: Fire Fight Fire
Author: George Allan England

Fire Fight Fire (1906)

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“Fire Fight Fire”, published in 1906, is a work by George Allan England. It explores elements such as Miller, operating and Willett.

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George Allan England, Fire Fight Fire (1906)

“ Benedict seconded him like the able assistant he was; Miss Willett stood at the head of the table, ether-cone in hand; the other two passed instruments, took them from their glass trays of solution, dropped them back, when used, into other solutions. Quiet brooded beneath the glare from the broad skylight—quiet except for the deep breathing of the patient, the clink of the instruments in their trays, or the cool words of the surgeon. The artery lay exposed.
"Now the wire!" commanded Miller; and Miss Schwenk, the second nurse, reached it to him with silver forceps. ”

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George Allan England, Fire Fight Fire (1906)

“ The door from the etherizing-room trembles, breaks, gives—sharp spurs of firemen's axes splinter it, shatter the lock—the door breaks down—two, three firemen stumble in, heads muffled, axes in gloved hands.
"Out! Out!" they roar dully. "Only chance is through de winder out here in de nex' room! Clear out!"
One seizes Miss Willett and carries her off bodily through the curling smoke. Benedict, shielding his head with his hands, rushes out wildly. Then comes a sudden dash of waters all over Miller and the woman, as some other firemen get a line of hose up the ladder into the next room. ”

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George Allan England, Fire Fight Fire (1906)

“ Miller's entrance into the operating-room of the Trall Hospital, clad in full khaki hunting-togs, with even his revolver and cartridges girded around his equator like the rings of Saturn, caused a flutter of consternation among the three prim nurses waiting beside the little glass and iron table. The Trall Hospital, private, sedate, conservative, maintained its dignity even in the face of life and death emergencies. Dr. Miller was, at times, a disturbing factor in its routine, though an absolutely indispensable one. ”

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George Allan England, Fire Fight Fire (1906)

“ He was beginning one of the most curious, difficult, and dangerous operations known to surgery—that of exposing and wrapping with silver wire a weakened, swollen artery of vital importance. "Aneurism" is a word of dread; if one bursts, or if the surgeon's knife slips, cutting the distended walls—farewell!
Miller's knife did not slip; his hand, large and strong, held the keen scalpel with a fine precision of which an etcher might be jealous. His eyes did not wander higher than the patient's throat ”

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George Allan England, Fire Fight Fire (1906)

“ Miller ripped open the envelope with a large, well-tanned forefinger, and this message flashed into his brain:
Come at once; stop for nothing; urgent operation; must have you. Benedict. The doctor pursed his lips into a "Whee-e-ew! " of annoyed surprise, and shoved back his canvas hunting-cap. His curly hair—he hated it—lay heavily clustered on his forehead; his eyes ached with the sunlight and the glare of the Lower Bay ”

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George Allan England, Fire Fight Fire (1906)

“ Can't a fellow clear out for a couple of weeks to shoot ducks and try to forget a girl"—he groaned at certain memories—"without this sort of thing yanking him back to work again? If I was what she called me—a coward—I'd fake up some excuse, or say I never got the message ”

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George Allan England, Fire Fight Fire (1906)

“ Scalpels? Silver wire? Must have it very fine, you know—can't wrap a jugular with ship's cable!"
"You'll find everything correct," Benedict assured him. "There, she's being brought in now!"
The quiet opening of a door and the roll of rubber-tired wheels, joined with a sickish whiff of ether, heralded the introduction of the patient into the bright glare of the operating-room. Miller heard a whispering and a shuffle of feet as the orderly and nurses laid the woman on the table ”

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George Allan England, Fire Fight Fire (1906)

“ The crowd, mistaking the glow from the skylight for the glare of fire, believed the operating-pavilion itself invaded.
Miller glanced up for an instant with contracted brows.
"You can go now," said he to the women. "Benedict and I can finish this alone. Get out as quick as you can, and shut the door after you, tight! Down the basement stairs and out through the laundry. Understand?"
Two of the nurses, with scared but grateful glances, took unceremonious leave. The key grated ”

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