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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
717
A
man
is
brought
upon
the
stage,
and
is
told
that
his
limbs
are
going
to
be
amputated.
The
victim
makes
a
rush
behind
the
curtains,
no
doubt
frightened
that
the
threat
would
be
duly
executed,
but
is
brought
out
and
made
to
stand
still
while
the
exhibitor
coolly
cuts
off
an
arm
and
then
a
leg.
The
frightened,
trembling
subject
of
the
professor’s
carving
operations
is
an
assistant,
who
takes
good
care
to
be
the
first
on
the
stage
when
a
person
among
the
audience
is
requested
to
step
up
and
be
carved.
When
he
rushes
off
behind
the
curtains,
it
is
to
affix
to
one
shoulder
and
thigh
a
dummy
arm
and
leg,
while
his
real
limbs
remain
behind
the
curtains
reclining
upon
rests.
So
quickly
is
this
done
that
the
audience
cannot
but
believe
that
the
arm
and
leg
are
the
real
flesh
and
blood
contingents
to
the
human
frame.
The
professor
carefully
amputates
the
false
arm
and
leg.
Of
course
he
can
as
readily
replace
the
limbs
by
simply
gliding
the
false
limbs
through
the
curtains,
and
releasing
the
bona
fide
leg
and
arm
from
their
constrained
and
awkward
position.
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