Midnight
I have been reading the `` Medical Handbook , '' with reference to the remarks on amputation , gangrene , etc. , and I have also been examining his leg . The poor devil is in great pain , and there is no doubt that mortification has set in , as was indeed inevitable . I have decided that he must have his last chance , and that at 8 p.m. to-night I will endeavour to amputate . _ Midnight _ . I have done it -- only partially successful . * * * * * Last night , in accordance with my decision , I operated on Wiener . Voigtman assisted me .