Острів доктора Моро

Doctor Moreau Explains.

           Nowandthentherewasatouchofsarcasminhisvoice.PresentlyIfoundmyselfhotwithshameatourmutualpositions.

           ThecreaturesIhadseenwerenotmen,hadneverbeenmen.Theywereanimals,humanisedanimals,triumphsofvivisection.

           "Youforgetallthataskilledvivisectorcandowithlivingthings,"saidMoreau."Formyownpart,I’mpuzzledwhythethingsIhavedoneherehavenotbeendonebefore.Smallefforts,ofcourse,havebeenmade,amputation,tongue-cutting,excisions.Ofcourseyouknowasquintmaybeinducedorcuredbysurgery?Theninthecaseofexcisionsyouhaveallkindsofsecondarychanges,pigmentarydisturbances,modificationsofthepassions,alterationsinthesecretionoffattytissue.Ihavenodoubtyouhaveheardofthesethings?"

           "Ofcourse,"saidI."Butthesefoulcreaturesofyours"

           "Allingoodtime,"saidhe,wavinghishandatme;"Iamonlybeginning.Thosearetrivialcasesofalteration.Surgerycandobetterthingsthanthat.Thereisbuildingupaswellasbreakingdownandchanging.Youhaveheard,perhaps,ofacommonsurgicaloperationresortedtoincaseswherethenosehasbeendestroyed:aflapofskiniscutfromtheforehead,turneddownonthenose,andhealsinthenewposition.Thisisakindofgraftinginanewpositionofpartofananimaluponitself.Graftingoffreshlyobtainedmaterialfromanotheranimalisalsopossible,thecaseofteeth,forexample.

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