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Investigations into effect of blows on skull . Eight cadavers . '' With fingers that were almost frenzied , Houston copied the notation , closed the book , and hurried again for a taxicab . It yet was only nine o'clock . It the traffic were not too thick , if the driver were skilful -- He raced through the gate at Grand Central just as it was closing . He made the train in unison with the last drawling cry of the conductor . Then for hours , in the Pullman chair car , he fidgeted , counting the telegraph posts , checking off the stations as they flipped past the windows , through a day of eagerness , of excited , racking anticipation .