One night a motorcyclist crashed into a bridge. The rider was on his way home from a party. Traveling at about 70 mph on the unlit(黑暗的）, two-lane road, he lost control on a curve（曲面).He lay next to his motorcycle for 20 minutes before a passerby(路人） noticed the wreckage（车辆等的）残骸.
A half hour later, the rider was lying on a gurney（轮床） in the local hospital. Moaning in pain, he was unaware（不知道） of his condition or whereabouts（下落）. The emergency room doctors gave him no medication—they needed to examine him thoroughly before taking him to surgery（外科学）.
His jaw（下巴） was broken, as were all three bones in his right leg. Part of his femur（股骨） was protruding through his thigh（大腿）, and there was a deep hole in his shin（胫） just below his knee. Dr. Kildare wanted to amputate（切断） the rider’s leg just below the knee. He said the hole in the shin was so deep that infection（传染） would be inevitable（不可避免的）. He figured amputation now would be better than amputation later.
Dr. Welby disagreed. He said the patient was young enough to heal rapidly（瞬间的）, with little possibility（可能） of significant（显着的） infection（感染）. Since Dr. Welby was in charge, the patient was allowed to keep his leg.
The day following surgery, the patient achieved brief（短时间的） consciousness(知觉） in his hospital room. He didn’t notice that his leg was suspended（挂） and completely immobilized（使不动）. He didn’t notice that there was an IV tube and needle taped into the back of each hand. He didn’t notice that his jaw was wired shut. All he noticed was that a beautiful young nurse was looking at him. He tried to introduce himself, but he had no idea what his name was. He went right back to sleep.
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