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I have for evident reasons refrained from mentioning the doctor's name. He is still successfully practising his profession in Sydney, and what follows as well as what has already been said about the duel at Ancona, might prejudice him in the eyes of the public. I say this because it has occurred to me that this manuscript may be found after my death, and its contents made public, and I should be loath to injure in any way one whom I have cause to respect and be grateful to, and whom I esteem in my heart as a truly worthy and courageous man. With the scientific views that he held, and my permission, he is I believe wholly absolved from blame in regard to what follows. And I say this the more freely in view of the results of his experiments as the unfortunately affected myself.
But I must proceed with my story.