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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
739
IV.
THE
BLEEDING
THUMB.--This
is
a
very
effective
trick,
but
I
am
afraid,
unless
my
pupil
has
some
little
self-sacrifice,
and
does
not
mind
enduring
a
trifling
pain
in
order
to
amuse
his
audience,
this
trick
will
never
be
performed.
Previous
to
doing
it,
you
puncture
your
thumb
with
a
needle
in
one
or
two
places,
near
the
nail.
You
then
assert
that
you
will
cut
open
your
thumb
and
instantly
heal
it.
You
take
a
handkerchief
and
tightly
bind
the
thumb
therewith,
keeping
the
thumb
perfectly
straight.
You
ask
for
a
knife--the
sharper
the
better--and,
having
obtained
one,
you
pretend
to
cut
the
thumb,
which
you
bend.
This
causes
the
blood
to
flow
from
the
punctures.
The
blood
spreads
along
the
knife,
which
looks
as
though
it
had
cut
almost
through
the
thumb.
You
then
wipe
the
blood
away,
straightening
the
thumb,
and
show
that
there
is
no
sign
of
wound
or
blood.
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