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Let them read it carefully From its first entry on that ill-starred day of july the 13th July 13th today I bought a small Cipuchin monkey from an organ grinder the animal trembled with fear when I took it into my laboratory And when I tried to pet it it bit me I had to make it trust me completely fear causes an excess secretion of adrenaline Resulting in an abnormal condition of the bloodstream which would throw off my observations So I fed it and finally the creature voluntarily crept up into my arms uttering little whimpers of content And it laid its head against my shoulder. I stabbed it the surgical lancet It died instantly Well, david, what do you think of it? Well, it's pretty amazing. All right. See what I've done, don't you? I I think so. You think so good lord. Don't you know? Well after all dad. I'm only a second your medical student But what up? Why is the second your student? Who is it? It's me janet. Come in darling. Patrick. Dr. Schrat is here to see you Oh, come on in doctor You know our son david, of course. Yes, of course. How are you my boy? Fine. Thanks, doctor. Well, Patrick. Hard edit is usual Patrick you didn't eat the lunch. I send in to you. What is it this time Patrick? A brain What? A brain a brain a monkey's brain. Oh, what about the brain Patrick? I've been trying to see how long I can keep the tissue alive Is that it in that jar? It's considerably more to it than just a jar. Do you want to see how it works? Is it still alive? No way, yes. It's a fairly simple device actually doctor variation Correll's mechanical heart the brain lies in a bath of blood serum these Rubber arteries are fixed to the vertebral and internal Carrotid arteries of the brain the blood substance is forced through the cycle of willis feed the tissue Over here. I've installed a small rotary pump that forces the blood circulation. You see but how do you know it's alive? It's very easy to determine the brain when functioning gives off infinitesimal electrical impulses They can be measured as a matter of fact I've hooked the encephalograph up to a small amplifying system the brain impulses can actually be heard Here, I'll turn it on You see Quite effective, isn't it? Yes, it's effective and it's it's wrong Patrick terribly wrong I've tried to tell him dr. Schratt in heaven's name. What's wrong with it? Patrick you and your mechanistic philosophy trying to reduce life to a mere matter of chemicals and test tubes The origin of life is from a higher domain than that Patrick and you're profaning On since you can't stop the progress of science every discovery whatever kind is a step forward If I can prove that the brain can perform certain functions outside the body Who knows when we may be able to go from there Oh Patrick, how do you know that thing in there doesn't feel pain? How do you know it isn't writhing in agony? Brain tissue itself is insensitive you know that Just a feeling look I'll switch on the encephalograph See There Notice the faintness of the amplified alpha rays notice the comparatively slow rate of pulsation now Notice what happens when I tap on the glass jar It feels good to think I wouldn't go so far as to say that but it certainly shows Mart reaction to an external stimulus I wouldn't have believed it possible. The trouble you've shot is that you don't really believe in science But your own way Patrick that when you can manufacture love and sympathy and kindness and a test tube I'll be back. Are you leading over? Yes Patrick Do me a favor Patrick Shut off the pump and let that poor thing in there die Let it die But we're within my power to grant that little brain Would live forever July 18th I'm utterly exhausted from lack of sleep at the events of the past five days have been of such a tremendous importance That I must set them down while every last detail is still fresh in my mind I've had no time to make an entry in this record since that day last week It seems a month ago now and I had my first partial success with the brain of the computer monkey That time however, it seemed that I was doomed to disappointment in spite of all my efforts The brain of the monkey ceased to live at 12 14 that night Tired and disheartened I lay down to sleep on the cart in my laboratory But at that very moment fate was contriving an occurrence which now seems destined to have the most profound effect Not only upon my own existence But perhaps upon that of all mankind Is it dead? Oh david come in come in. What's the matter? It's dr. Schratt. There's been an accident or something He's pretty upset Patrick Patrick like heavens my boy It's the matter of what there's there's been a plane crash on the mountain only one of them was left alive And I've I've brought him this far, but he needs an immediate operation. That's your job your county physician Patrick it's it's multiple fractures of both legs Harder is the seven the legs will have to be amputated Do you're not in any shape to do the job? Well, I well, that's not my fault. Take him to the phoenix hospital I'm not going to take response. Okay. It's too far. We never get there in time of Patrick Please and it made me in a man's life and and your job as county physician. Oh, no, I'm not thinking of that But it's it's an important man William H. Donovan Donovan don't The wall street donovan. Yes, you've got to help me Patrick Donovan What is chances about even if we hurry well bring him in. Oh, thank you Patrick. Thank you. You'd better get some things on David you may have to help Yes, uh, and we use the laboratory table before you go put the instruments the sterilizer And don't forget the glee saw right. Oh, but but what? I thought the glee saw was only used for for for brain surgery Not always hurry. They're bringing me now from the car. Okay in here. That's right. Easy does around the table, please I get yourself a gown and gloves doctor right over there. You won't have time to scrub. Yes, that's not too bad Isn't he pulse-wrapping Aren't very faint I wasn't sure David, uh, heart cc of adrenaline David one to one thousand to venus right you men can go now Is there anything else we can do? No, thank you Patrick. I don't you think I'd rather we were alone if you don't mind gentlemen Good night, then Dr. Schreier Good night. Now David, David if you remove the blanket from his legs, that's it You see Fortunately a forest ranger got to him right after the crash Had sense enough to put a tourniquet on each leg even so Sure sure Sure sure sure we'll get it Sure sure sure that's a saying something like sure sure sure he said it over and over Huh, I hadn't realized he was deformed. It doesn't show as much in his pictures Patrick don't you think we ought to begin? No, there's no use amputating those legs No use. He'd be dead anyway by morning I won't in Supposed you're right Patrick. You know I'm right, but still we ought to try we can't refuse to operate just because we are going to operate Sir inch, please David the large one here. You're dead. It's my line aesthetic Will you give it Dr. Schreier right scalpel, please David scalpel and The Geely saw Geely saw Patrick. Well, no no no Patrick. I won't let you after your performance tonight Well, I had but Patrick. He's still alive precisely my mistake with a monkey was that he was dead I don't intend to make that mistake again. Come on David the scalpel. Are you out of your mind? You're you're you're taking a man's life I'm giving him life Donovan would die anyway But for a while at least Donovan's brain will live Better hurry. They'll be coming for the body pretty soon. You can go now David. I think I will then You understand of course. I understand not a word A word to your mother Or to anyone. I understand Did you put something in the skull cavity so the eyes won't fall I filled it with cotton bandage the whole cranium It looked like any head injury. I hope nobody gets any ideas about an autopsy. You're the coronet. You stop there. Look short This is a chance that comes once in a lifetime William Donovan had one of the greatest minds Has one of the greatest brains The world today and now you have it. It's been on the encephalogram Simple alpha waves of course no different from the monkeys You can't take a human brain out of its body and expect it to function. I suppose not but Trot Did it ever occur to you that the brain might simply be asleep sleep certainly An operation like that is this would be a shock Tap on the glass Lord Patrick Delta waves It was a sleep you woke it up It it's actually conscious. You see you see the three of us three of us conducting this experiment now You me And William Horace Donovan July 25th, I moved my bed into the laboratory but I've scarcely slept in six days Me no longer any doubt that the brain responds like a sensitive seismograph to vibrations near it including the sound of my voice If I found no method of communication with it I've devised a simplified Morse code consisting of taps on the glass container Together with voice vibrations Perhaps I can teach the brain July 30th shot has come to stay with me half out of a feeling that he shares with me a common guilt Half out of scientific curiosity I've scarcely seen him and both David and Janice have been avoiding me not that I really care You've been tapping out my code on the side of the brain's container endlessly day and night over and over a thousand times So that a baby could learn it if the brain can learn I sleep only when the brain itself falls into exhausted slumber When it wakes again, I resume my tapping Come on. I want to show you tonight. Yes, old boy. I want to show you something Patrick, you look like a ghost. Where are we going back to the laboratory? I can't believe it myself. I I may have been dreaming delirious. What happened come on You hear that? Delta waves Seems disturbing. You've got to check my observations for me if my reasoning is wrong. Tell me I can't be sure of anything anymore Now listen carefully You know that I've been trying to communicate with the brain in code now If I were able to cause a distinctive pattern of the brain's delta waves by a specific command in code If the brain responded with the same pattern of sound each time I issued the command It would prove that I'd succeeded in communicating with the brain, wouldn't it? Yes, but I think it would now listen Donovan you understand Think three times of the word talk three times Talk it answered it spoke then I'm right. It's true. This thing has learned to talk To talk July 31st Shard is romanticizing of course the delta pattern is so infinitely complex that it would be utterly impossible ever to break it down into specific words Yet that it understands me That it's trying to communicate with me is certain Shard suggests mental telepathy that I try to Make my mind a blank as the mediums call it Well at the same time increasing the energy content of the plasma that feeds the brain and the hope of stepping up The brain's electrical potential is one that step up the power of a radio station Naturally telepathy is nonsense, but Feeding theory intrigues me I shall try it August 12th Notice today for the first time two distinct nodules of new brain cells on the frontal lobex electrical potential has increased to 510 microvolts I I've become smoking cigars Although I've always hated cigars before As I expect August 22nd nodules still growing electrical potential 1415 with no observable results Lately felt a compelling urge to know more of donovan's life and have collected every available scrap of information about him a strange man he was strange ruthless actually evil in many ways Nonetheless an extraordinarily brilliant mind I thought I ought to wake you up patrick you were moaning in your sleep talking talking what I say I'm not sure what your voice was so strange that Dennis, what's the matter? It's nothing nothing. I was dreaming as all jannis woke me up patrick Let me see your hand. No the other one. What about it? You're not left-handed. Are you no Then why have you got ink on the fingers of your left hand? Well, are you writing anything tonight? Must have been patrick. Here it is right here on your desk nonsense Wait, let me see it You've been writing his name william h donovan's donovan shot. That's not my handwriting. It's what? Don't you see what it means the brain has communicated with me patrick you don't look here Look at this magazine article. Here's a reproduction of his signature And he was left-handed too it says so here Why it is it it is exactly the same fool. I've been look at these pictures smoking a cigar with his left hand I wondered why it suddenly started smoking cigars the same brand too janis Try to remember what you had me saying just before you woke me up. Come on janis think patrick. I I can't believe think janis All I heard was something like Sure sure sure sure of course. Don't you remember schrott? He said it that night was the only thing we ever heard him say It it it was an expression of his it Tell about that one of the articles too. Yes, there it is. It wasn't your voice my voice you see the brain has grown And it's strong enough to influence not only the higher functions the front low But the speech centers the motor centers Of another brain patrick if this is true then your experiment has been successful. It's ended ended It's only begun patrick Don't you see what this means patrick listen to me. Oh what janis what you got to stop Stop. I can't stand it any longer Can't you see where it's led you When you cut yourself off from your family when you neglected your health began having fits of temper and were like Like someone I hardly recognize as the man. I married All that I tried to understand But don't you see what you've done you are a murderer patrick a murderer janis darling told me the whole thing And poor boy's half insane himself from worry same What do you mean by that what I say You killed donovan Maybe he wouldn't have lived anyway, but you killed him And now this this thing has gained such power over your mind that it can make you do things you don't even know about For all you know, it could make you do anything anything You've got to choose patrick. Oh janis, please I suppose you're right, but i'm utterly exhausted. I can't even think anymore You've got to think give me until tomorrow. Let me sleep and tomorrow I'll do something I promise you all right patrick tomorrow, but if you don't do something if you don't destroy that thing, I will The brain This way please dr. Boy come on darling But patrick Why are we going in here a psychiatric clinic? I told you I'd do something janis. I've I've got an idea You mean you're you're having yourself psychoanalyzed something like that something like that. I'll tell you about it later First I want I want you to talk to this man alone Dr. Zanger, this is dr. Corey. How do you do dr. Corey? I heard some things in your world. Oh, yes, and this is mrs. Corey course. Excuse me. I'm happy to meet you mrs. Corey. Thank you, dr Won't you come in tomorrow? I will certainly janis. Would you mind? I'm waiting in the reception. We'll be out in just a moment. Thank you In here, please dr. It will Doctor she seems quite normal. I'd expected from what you told me on the telephone. I I know I I know I I can assure you I I I hate to tell you this but The doctor she's quite insane. I see. Yes Paranoia She's always been, you know jealous of my work and well last little while she started she's got a delusion that she thinks I've Made some kind of a monster and up in my laboratory It controls my mind and controls my actions So I'm I'm putting her completely in your hands Well It's of course a little unusual, but since you are yourself a medical man, that's right You definitely wish to commit her then Yes Yes You have the papers. Oh, yeah. Here you are. Just your signature will be enough. There you are Uh, you let me know about everything. Won't you? Oh, naturally doctor. We keep you informed Thank you. Well, goodbye then dr. Corey. We will do what we can Patrick mrs. Corey is staying with us ms. Wilcox. Yes, dr. Zayas Patrick Oh, it's all right mrs. Corey. Just come with me, please Where are you going? Let me go about the bill. How do you wish it to be handled? Uh, the bill the The bill Sure, sure, sure I'll take care of it by the week The checks will be signed to william mates donovan Sure, sure August 20th, it's nearly three weeks now since janice went away. I can't understand how she could have left me just when I needed a most When I try to question schratt or david about it. They only look at me strangely and change the subject clearly They tune our in on the conspiracy. Sometimes it seems the only person I can trust is donovan the brain Communicates with me more freely now each day. I know it has some great plan in mind for me for both of us I'm waiting patiently waiting Donovan, I'm listening donovan Don't be angry donovan. I'm trying to understand it. I'm listening donovan. I'm listening And so closes donovan's brain part one the first of two half hour presentations of kutziad max story Presenting orson wells a star of suspense Suspense is produced and directed by william spear We sincerely hope you enjoyed the performance of orson wells and that of the whole cast tonight in our roma suspense play And that you'll make a note to be sure not to miss the completion of this story next week The roma wine company will like to express its thanks for the many letters of appreciation from listeners Which we are constantly receiving saying how much you enjoy these broadcasts And here's a thought To discover the enjoyment these suspense programs offer you first had to sample one And so you must first sample one of the many delicious roma wines to discover for yourself their wonderful taste and quality The excellence that makes roma america's largest selling wines You'll discover as of other millions before you that roma wines are super quality Are super tasting and are super easy on your pocketbook too costing only pennies a glass Be sure you get r o m a roma wines made in california for enjoyment throughout the world The greatest and most profitable investment you can make in your country's future is to buy war bonds Don't forget then next monday. 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