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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
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Various
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His
nurse,
observing
that
her
patient
had
recovered
consciousness,
broke
forth
in
a
torrent
of
unintelligible
Theronian,
then
rushed
from
the
room.
He
was
still
examining
his
unscarred
shoulder
in
wonder,
when
the
nurse
returned,
with
Frank
Rowley
at
her
heels.
Frank
laughed
at
the
expression
of
his
friend's
face.
"What's
wrong,
old-timer?"
he
asked.
"Why--I--thought
that
fool
of
a
Leland
had
shot
me
in
the
shoulder,"
stammered
Tommy,
"but
I
guess
I
dreamed
it.
Where
are
we?
Still
in
Theros?"
"We
are."
Frank
sobered
instantly,
and
Tommy
noted
with
alarm
that
his
usually
cheerful
features
were
haggard
and
drawn
and
his
eyes
hollow
from
loss
of
sleep.
"And
you
didn't
dream
that
Leland
shot
you.
That
shoulder
of
yours
was
mangled
and
torn
beyond
belief.
He
was
using
soft
nosed
bullets,
the
hell-hound!"
"Then
how--?"
"Tommy,
these
Theronians
are
marvelous.
We
rushed
you
to
this
hospital
and
a
half-dozen
doctors
started
working
on
you
at
once.
They
repaired
the
shattered
bones
by
an
instantaneous
grafting
process,
tied
the
severed
veins
and
arteries
and
closed
the
gaping
wound
by
filling
it
with
a
plastic
compound
and
drawing
the
edges
together
with
clamps.
You
were
anaesthetized
and
some
ray
machine
was
used
to
heal
the
shoulder.
This
required
but
ten
hours
and
they
now
say
that
your
arm
is
as
good
as
ever.
How
does
it
feel?"
"Perfectly
natural.
In
fact
I
feel
better
than
I
have
in
a
month."
Tommy
observed
that
the
nurse
had
left
the
room
and
he
jumped
from
his
bed
and
capered
like
a
school
boy.
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