Gangrene destroyed the extremity of the bitten finger.

From this date until the 30th the man's condition improved somewhat.

The progress of the gangrene was stopped, and the injured finger was disarticulated at the metacarpal articulation.

Anesthesia was readily obtained, but the appearance of the second stage was hardly perceptible.

Le Carpentier was called early on the next morning, the patient having been observed to be sinking; there was stertorous respiration, the pulse was weak and slow, and the man was only partly conscious.