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All In The Mind - Paul Orban
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Title: All In The Mind
Author: Gene L. Henderson
Illustrator: Paul Orban
Release Date: May 19, 2010 [EBook #32434]
Language: English
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All in the Mind
By Gene L. Henderson
Illustrated by Paul Orban
[Transcriber Note: This etext was produced from If Worlds of Science Fiction April 1954. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]
When does life begin?... A well-known book says forty
. A well-known radio program says eighty
. Some folks say it's mental, others say it's physical. But take the strange case of Mel Carlson who gave a lot of thought to the matter.
Mel felt as if he were floating on clouds in the deepest, most intense dark he had ever experienced. He tried opening his eyes but nothing happened, only a sharp pain. Little bits of memory flashed back and he tried to figure out what could have happened, where he was.
The last thing he could remember was the little lab hidden back in the mountains in an old mine tunnel. Remote, but only an hour's drive from the city. What had he been doing? Oh yes, arguing with Neil again. He even recalled the exact words.
Damn it, Mel,
his partner had said. We've gone about as far as possible working with animal brains. We've got to get a human one.
We can't,
Mel had disagreed. There'd be enough of an uproar if the papers got hold of what we've been doing with animals. If we did get someone in a hospital to agree to let us use his brain on death, they would close us up tighter than a drum.
But our lab's too well hidden, they'd never know.
It wouldn't work anyway. The brain might be damaged for lack of oxygen and all of our work would go for nothing. Worse, it might indicate failure where a fresh, healthy brain would mean success.
We'll never know unless we try,
said Neil almost violently, dark eyes glittering. Our funds aren't going to last forever.
Mel had turned his back and was leaning over the tank where the latest brain—that from a dog—was lying immersed in the life-giving liquid, a thin flickering line of light on the oscilloscope behind the tank the only