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Troy Phelan is a self-made billionaire, one of the richest men in the United States. He is also eccentric, reclusive, confined to a wheelchair, and looking for a way to die. His heirs, to no one's surpriseespecially Troy'sare circling like vultures.
Nate O'Riley is a high-octane Washington litigator who's lived too hard, too fast
Troy Phelan is a self-made billionaire, one of the richest men in the United States. He is also eccentric, reclusive, confined to a wheelchair, and looking for a way to die. His heirs, to no one's surpriseespecially Troy'sare circling like vultures.
Nate O'Riley is a high-octane Washington litigator who's lived too hard, too fast, for too long. His second marriage in a shambles, and he is emerging from his fourth stay in rehab armed with little more than his fragile sobriety, good intentions, and resilient sense of humor. Returning to the real world is always difficult, but this time it's going to be murder.
Rachel Lane is a young woman who chose to give her life to God, who walked away from the modern world with all its strivings and trappings and encumbrances, and went to live and work with a primitive tribe of Indians in the deepest jungles of Brazil.
In a story that mixes legal suspense with a remarkable adventure, their lives are forever altered by the startling secret of The Testament.
"A compulsory page-turner."—Newsweek
"Entertaining."—The New York Times Book Review
"Absorbing...the pages fly by."—Chicago Tribune
Troy Phelan is an eccentric, reclusive, and lonely old man who also happens to be one of the ten wealthiest people in the world. His billions have earned him a lush existence, unlimited power, and the company of a number of willing women. But at the age of 78, Phelan has yet to find true happiness, and he's grown tired of the search. With death just around the corner, Phelan is disgusted and bitter toward his six spoiled and selfish offspring, who see his pending demise as their one-way ticket to life on easy street. Phelan, however, will have the final word, embracing death with the same cruel unpredictability he exercised in life.
Phelan's death, anticipated but still surprising, leaves his greedy children struggling to hide their glee behind a mask of mourning. But when they discover the old man has cut them out of his will, their grief becomes all too real. The crowning blow comes when they discover that Phelan left most of his vast fortune to a woman by the name of Rachel Lane, an illegitimate daughter no one knew existed. To make matters worse, Rachel Lane seems to have disappeared from the face of the earth.
The battle for the Phelan billions begins when the legitimate heirs decide to contest the will, their interests represented by a host of self-serving and unethical lawyers who will stop at nothing to assure that they, too, get their piece of the pie. Troy Phelan's lawyers set out to find Lane, armed only with the knowledge that she is working for a ministry and may be living with a primitive tribe of Indians in the isolated jungles of Brazil. Heading up the search is Nate O'Riley, a successful and ruthless litigator who has paid a high price for his jet-setting lifestyle. After landing in rehab for the fourth time in ten years, O'Riley is anxious to take on the task of finding the world's richest missionary, if for no other reason than to avoid the lure of the life he's trying to escape.
The trip turns into more of an adventure than O'Riley bargained for as he ventures deeper into the Brazilian jungle, dragging his personal demons along for the ride. As the lawyers back home do battle with one another in search of the almighty buck, O'Riley battles nature's capricious fury in his search for Rachel Lane. When O'Riley finally nets his quarry, he finds her in the farthest reaches of the Brazilian jungle among natives who live without any of life's most basic conveniences. At first, O'Riley's only goal is to finish his job and get back home to civilization, but he soon becomes captivated by Lane's peaceful serenity, her simple life, and her total devotion to doing God's work. Even more curious is Lane's adamant refusal to have anything to do with her inheritance. As the Phelan heirs and their scheming lawyers continue their fight back in the States, O'Riley finds himself engaged in his own struggle, one that will ultimately threaten both his life and his soul.
Those who delight in Grisham's classic battles of legal wits won't be disappointed; the backstabbing, underhanded deceits, and conniving manipulations abound. But this time Grisham offers his readers a special gift -- a compelling journey into a world of primitive wisdom, indescribable beauty, and the most treacherous of dangers -- some of which can be found deep within ourselves.
--Beth Amos
I sit and stare through the tinted glass walls. On a clear day, I can see the top of the Washington Monument six miles away, but not today. Today is raw and cold, windy and overcast, not a bad day to die. The wind blows the last of the leaves from their branches and scatters them through the parking lot below.
Why I am worried about the pain? What's wrong with a little suffering? I've caused more misery than any ten people.
I push a button and Snead appears. He bows and pushes my wheelchair through the door of my apartment, into the marble foyer, down the marble hall, through another door. We're getting closer, but I feel no anxiety.
I've kept the shrinks waiting for over two hours.
We pass my office and I nod at Nicolette, my latest secretary, a darling young thing I'm quite fond of. Given some time, she might become number four.
But there is no time. Only minutes.
A mob is waitingpacks of lawyers and some psychiatrists who'll determine if I'm in my right mind. They are crowded around a long table in my conference room, and when I enter, their conversation stops immediately and everybody stares. Snead situates me on one side of the table, next to my lawyer, Stafford.
There are cameras pointing in all directions, and the technicians scramble to get them focused. Every whisper, every move, every breath will be recorded because a fortune is at stake.
The last will I signed gave little to my children. Josh Stafford prepared it, as always. I shredded it this morning.
I'm sitting here to prove to the world that I am of sufficient mental capacity to make a new will. Once it is proved, the disposition of my assets cannot be questioned.
Directly across from me are three shrinksone hired by each family. On folded index cards before them someone has printed their namesDr. Zadel, Dr. Flowe, Dr. Theishen. I study their eyes and faces. Since I am supposed to appear sane, I must make eye contact.
They expect me to be somewhat loony, but I'm about to eat them for lunch.
Stafford will run the show. When everyone is settled and the cameras are ready, he says, "My name is Josh Stafford, and I'm the attorney for Mr. Troy Phelan, seated here to my right."
I take on the shrinks, one at a time, eye to eye, glare to glare, until each blinks or looks away. All three wear dark suits. Zadel and Flowe have scraggly beards. Theishen has a bow tie and looks no more than thirty. The families were given the right to hire anyone they wanted.
Stafford is talking. "The purpose of this meeting is to have Mr. Phelan examined by a panel of psychiatrists to determine his testamentary capacity. Assuming the panel finds him to be of sound mind, then he intends to sign a will which will dispose of his assets upon his death."
Stafford taps his pencil on a one-inch-thick will lying before us. I'm sure the cameras zoom in for a close-up, and I'm sure the very sight of the document sends shivers up and down the spines of my children and their mothers scattered throughout my building.
They haven't seen the will, nor do they have the right to. A will is a private document revealed only after death. The heirs can only speculate as to what it might contain. My heirs have received hints, little lies I've carefully planted.
They've been led to believe that the bulk of my estate will somehow be divided fairly among the children, with generous gifts to the ex-wives. They know this; they can feel it. They've been praying fervently for this for weeks, even months. This is life and death for them because they're all in debt. The will lying before me is supposed to make them rich and stop the bickering. Stafford prepared it, and in conversations with their lawyers he has, with my permission, painted in broad strokes the supposed contents of the will. Each child will receive something in the range of three hundred to five hundred million, with another fifty million going to each of the three ex-wives. These women were well provided for in the divorces, but that, of course, has been forgotten.
Total gifts to the families of approximately three billion dollars. After the government rakes off several billion the rest will go to charity.
So you can see why they're here, shined, groomed, sober (for the most part), and eagerly watching the monitors and waiting and hoping that I, the old man, can pull this off. I'm sure they've told their shrinks, "Don't be too hard on the old boy. We want him sane."
If everyone is so happy, then why bother with this psychiatric examination? Because I'm gonna screw 'em one last time, and I want to do it right.
The shrinks are my idea, but my children and their lawyers are too slow to realize it.
Zadel goes first. "Mr. Phelan, can you tell us the date, time, and place?"
I feel like a first-grader. I drop my chin to my chest like an imbecile and ponder the question long enough to make them ease to the edge of their seats and whisper, "Come on, you crazy old bastard. Surely you know what day it is."
"Monday," I say softly. "Monday, December 9, 1996. The place is my office."
"The time?"
"About two-thirty in the afternoon," I say. I don't wear a watch.
"And where is your office?"
"McLean, Virginia."
Flowe leans into his microphone. "Can you state the names and birthdates of your children?"
"No. The names, maybe, but not the birthdates."
"Okay, give us the names."
I take my time. It's too early to be sharp. I want them to sweat. "Troy Phelan, Jr., Rex, Libbigail, Mary Ross, Geena, and Ramble." I utter these as if they're painful to even think about.
Flowe is allowed a follow-up. "And there was a seventh child, right?"
"Do you remember his name?"
"And what happened to him?"
"He was killed in an auto accident." I sit straight in my wheelchair, head high, eyes darting from one shrink to the next, projecting pure sanity for the cameras. I'm sure my children and my ex-wives are proud of me, watching the monitors in their little groups, squeezing the hands of their current spouses, and smiling at their hungry lawyers because old Troy so far has handled the preliminaries.
My voice may be low and hollow, and I may look like a nut with my white silk robe, shriveled face, and green turban, but I've answered their questions.
Come on, old boy, they're pleading.
Theishen asks, "What is your current physical condition?"
"I've felt better."
"It's rumored you have a cancerous tumor."
Get right to the point, don't you?
"I thought this was a mental exam," I say, glancing at Stafford, who can't suppress a smile. But the rules allow any question. This is not a courtroom.
"It is," Theishen says politely. "But every question is relevant."
"I see."
"Will you answer the question?"
"About what?"
"About the tumor."
"Sure. It's in my head, the size of a golf ball, growing every day, inoperable, and my doctor says I won't last three months."
I can almost hear the champagne corks popping below me. The tumor has been confirmed!
"Are you, at this moment, under the influence of any medication, drug, or alcohol?"
"Do you have in your possession any type of medication to relieve pain?"
"Not yet."
Back to Zadel: "Mr. Phelan, three months ago Forbes magazine listed your net worth at eight billion dollars. Is that a close estimate?"
"Since when is Forbes known for its accuracy?"
"So it's not accurate?"
"It's between eleven and eleven and a half, depending on the markets." I say this very slowly, but my words are sharp, my voice carries authority. No one doubts the size of my fortune.
Flowe decides to pursue the money. "Mr. Phelan, can you describe, in general, the organization of your corporate holdings?"
"I can, yes."
"Will you?"
"I suppose." I pause and let them sweat. Stafford assured me I do not have to divulge private information here. Just give them an overall picture, he said.
"The Phelan Group is a private corporation which owns seventy different companies, a few of which are publicly traded."
"How much of The Phelan Group do you own?"
"About ninety-seven percent. The rest is held by a handful of employees."
Theishen joins in the hunt. It didn't take long to focus on the gold. "Mr. Phelan, does your company hold an interest in Spin Computer?"
"Yes," I answer slowly, trying to place Spin Computer in my corporate jungle.
"How much do you own?"
"Eighty percent."
"And Spin Computer is a public company?"
"That's right."
Theishen fiddles with a pile of official-looking documents, and I can see from here that he has the company's annual report and quarterly statements, things any semiliterate college student could obtain. "When did you purchase Spin?" he asks.
"About four years ago."
"How much did you pay?"
"Twenty bucks a share, a total of three hundred million." I want to answer these questions more slowly, but I can't help myself. I stare holes through Theishen, anxious for the next one.
"And what's it worth now?" he asks.
"Well, it closed yesterday at forty-three and a half, down a point. The stock has split twice since I bought it, so the investment is now worth around eight-fifty."
"Eight hundred and fifty million?"
"That's correct."
The examination is basically over at this point. If my mental capacity can comprehend yesterday's closing stock prices, then my adversaries are certainly satisfied. I can almost see their goofy smiles. I can almost hear their muted hoorahs. Atta boy, Troy. Give 'em hell.
Zadel wants history. It's an effort to test the bounds of my memory. "Mr. Phelan, where were you born?"
"Montclair, New Jersey."
"May 12, 1918."
"What was your mother's maiden name?"
"When did she die?"
"Two days before Pearl Harbor."
"And your father?"
"What about him?"
"When did he die?"
"I don't know. He disappeared when I was a kid."
Zadel looks at Flowe, who's got questions packed together on a notepad. Flowe asks, "Who is your youngest daughter?"
"Which family?"
"Uh, the first one."
"That would be Mary Ross."
"Of course it's right."
"Where did she go to college?"
"Tulane, in New Orleans."
"What did she study?"
"Something medieval. Then she married badly, like the rest of them. I guess they inherited that talent from me." I can see them stiffen and bristle. And I can almost see the lawyers and the current live-ins and/or spouses hide little smiles because no one can argue the fact that I did indeed marry badly.
And I reproduced even more miserably.
Flowe is suddenly finished for this round. Theishen is enamored with the money. He asks, "Do you own a controlling interest in MountainCom?"
"Yes, I'm sure it's right there in your stack of paperwork. It's a public company."
"What was your initial investment?"
"Around eighteen a share, for ten million shares."
"And now it"
"It closed yesterday at twenty-one a share. A swap and a split in the past six years and the holding is now worth about four hundred million. Does that answer your question?"
"Yes, I believe it does. How many public companies do you control?"
Flowe glances at Zadel, and I'm wondering how much longer this will take. I'm suddenly tired.
"Any more questions?" Stafford asks. We are not going to press them because we want them completely satisfied.
Zadel asks, "Do you intend to sign a new will today?"
"Yes, that is my intent."
"Is that the will lying on the table there before you?"
"It is."
"Does that will give a substantial portion of your assets to your children?"
"It does."
"Are you prepared to sign the will at this time?"
"I am."
Zadel carefully places his pen on the table, folds his hands thoughtfully, and looks at Stafford. "In my opinion, Mr. Phelan has sufficient testamentary capacity at this time to dispose of his assets." He pronounces this with great weight, as if my performance had them hanging in limbo.
The other two are quick to rush in. "I have no doubt as to the soundness of his mind," Flowe says to Stafford. "He seems incredibly sharp to me."
"No doubt?" Stafford asks.
"None whatsoever."
"Dr. Theishen?"
"Let's not kid ourselves. Mr. Phelan knows exactly what he's doing. His mind is much quicker than ours."
Oh, thank you. That means so much to me. You're a bunch of shrinks struggling to make a hundred thousand a year. I've made billions, yet you pat me on the head and tell me how smart I am.
"So it's unanimous?" Stafford says.
"Yes. Absolutely." They can't nod their heads fast enough.
Stafford slides the will to me and hands me a pen. I say, "This is the last will and testament of Troy L. Phelan, revoking all former wills and codicils." It's ninety pages long, prepared by Stafford and someone in his firm. I understand the concept, but the actual print eludes me. I haven't read it, nor shall I. I flip to the back, scrawl a name no one can read, then place my hands on top of it for the time being.
It'll never be seen by the vultures.
"Meeting's adjourned," Stafford says, and everyone quickly packs. Per my instructions, the three families are hurried from their respective rooms and asked to leave the building.
One camera remains focused on me, its images going nowhere but the archives. The lawyers and psychiatrists leave in a rush. I tell Snead to take a seat at the table. Stafford and one of his partners, Durban, remain in the room, also seated. When we are alone, I reach under the edge of my robe and produce an envelope, which I open. I remove from it three pages of yellow legal paper and place them before me on the table.
Only seconds away now, and a faint ripple of fear goes through me. This will take more strength than I've mustered in weeks.
Stafford, Durban, and Snead stare at the sheets of yellow paper, thoroughly bewildered.
"This is my testament," I announce, taking a pen. "A holographic will, every word written by me, just a few hours ago. Dated today, and now signed today." I scrawl my name again. Stafford is too stunned to react.
"It revokes all former wills, including the one I signed less than five minutes ago." I refold the papers and place them in the envelope.
I grit my teeth and remind myself of how badly I want to die.
I slide the envelope across the table to Stafford, and at the same instant I rise from my wheelchair. My legs are shaking. My heart is pounding. Just seconds now. Surely I'll be dead before I land.
"Hey!" someone shouts, Snead I think. But I'm moving away from them.
The lame man walks, almost runs, past the row of leather chairs, past one of my portraits, a bad one commissioned by a wife, past everything, to the sliding doors, which are unlocked. I know because I rehearsed this just hours ago.
"Stop!" someone yells, and they're moving behind me. No one has seen me walk in a year. I grab the handle and open the door. The air is bitterly cold. I step barefoot onto the narrow terrace which borders my top floor. Without looking below, I lunge over the railing.
John Grisham is the author of Skipping Christmas, The Summons, A Painted House, The Brethren, The Testament, The Street Lawyer, The Partner, The Runaway Jury, The Rainmaker, The Chamber, The Client, The Pelican Brief, The Firm, and A Time to Kill. He lives with his family in Mississippi and Virginia.
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John Grisham has done it again. He has created yet another exhilarating novel that will keep you on our feet from cover to cover. The Testament proves that Grisham is still among the best authors of legal thrillers, having a well-balanced plot that combines adventures and politics. After the multibillionaire Troy Phelan commits suicide, everybody is aching to know who will become the heir of his great fortune. The old man lived by himself, and the tough world of business had taught him to love nobody. When his handwritten, improvised will is read out loud to the public, the mystery is revealed. Troy Phelan decided to leave the entirety of his assets to an illegitimate, completely unknown daughter living as a missionary with a barbaric tribe in Brazil. Now it is up to the lawyer Nathan O'Riley to travel into the wilderness of South America and find the woman that has just inherited eleven billon dollars. Nate must trudge through swamps, storms, rainforests, and even malaria so that the Phelan wealth ends up with its rightful owner, and not the hands of other greedy, malicious people pursuing it. Truly, this piece is a literary work of art. IT is among the best thrillers out there, putting up a fair fight to best-selling novels like The Da Vinci Code, by Dan Brown, and The Husband, by Dean Koontz. It realistically depicts the world of law and finance, giving the reader tremendous insight of how the worlds of politics and business are so intricately intertwined, The novel is not only fast-paced and engaging, but also profound and critical, reflecting many flaws present in modern society. Very much like in Kane and Abel, by Jeffrey Archer, The Testament realistically depicts the extent to which money can influence an individual's character, as well as the mortal consequences of alcohol and drug addictions. Without a doubt, this New York Times Bestseller can quench the thirst of all those adrenaline addicts looking for a Grisham page-turner. Like all novels, however, The Testament is most definitely not recommendable to all audiences. Those who have extensive background knowledge on other books by John Grisham can find this literary piece to be very similar to his other works, like The Pelican Brief. Even though The Testament takes place in an exotic environment, it still revolves around the topics of laws, judges, cases, lawyers, and all the same old conflicts in Grisham's books. Additionally, this novel has very limited emotional emphasis. Romanticists in search of love stories will therefore find it to be mercilessly dry, dull, and superficial.
I have read all but one of Grisham's books. The Testament is by far my favorite. From the very first chapter this book demands your attention and devotion. Use caution while reading it because you find yourself walking and reading, cooking and reading, cleaning and reading, you get the picture. I have read this book 3 times since it was first published.
In the review for this book, Just imagine as I quote the author " The world at peace" taking a ride in The Santa Loura with Nate's Pals Jevy and Welly into the Pantanal. Jevy at the wheel, and Welly strumming his guitar and one of us, readers holding a cold beer in our right hand while laying on a hammock. Johh Grisham's "The Testament" is an amazing ride full of adventures, an elite of characters, you will come to love, but most of all, a great book that you will not soon forget. It is amazing how John Grisham creates character that are so easy to like. However, in Nate's character there are some strong surprises. His portrait of his highs and lows are beautifully described by the author. The bittersweet reunion with his little children, and Rachel Lane at the end make Nate's character one of the most likable ones. The testament is about faith, character, life, greed, and yes, the pursuit of happiness that people only can find on a higher calling. This is one book that I am sure I will read again.
The book keeps you involved from beginning to end. Great story line.
Grisham starts with a captivating person doing an extraordinary thing. Totally sucked me in. Then he dragged me across Brazil for three hundred dull, almost meaningless pages until he closed with a real nice twist. This is the seventh book I've read of John Grisham. By far the least exciting. A Time to Kill was bitching. He writes to fulfill contractual money obligations, now. It shows.
Easy to get into once you started, not something you thought about later. Surprise ending. I enjoyed the snappy lawyers, jungle mishapps, and court room warfare.
grishom starts off with his customary spellbinding tale however fails to deliver the thrilling finish.this novel gets sidetracked and tends to drag on
The first (2) chapters hook you in. However, I found myself struggling to finish the book. John Grisham has a knack for tapping into his reader's curiousity to keep you hooked. He's one of my favorite authors, but I was slightly disappointed in this one.
I have read almost all of Grisham's books to date. This certainly doesn't have the suspense and appeal that most of his other books have had (e.g. The Firm, The Client, The Partner, etc.) But neither was it a dud (as was The Summons, which is not worth even borrowing to read.) I thought The Testament was a good story (though it dragged in places) and is definitely worth buying and reading.
It seems to me that if you are going to write something, you should know what your talking about. John Grisham did NOT do his research when writing this novel. At the beginning of chapter 21, he talks about a woman born in an igloo in Newfoundland and about the native Inuit people that lived there. Newfoundland has never had igloos as it is much to warm there and they only have snow about 2-3 months out of a year. And the Inuit people never lived in Newfoundland either. They lived along the shores from from the Bering Sea to Greenland. An uneducated person does not give a good first impression.
My first Grisham novel led me to read several more, but after reading The Testament, I think it's time to give Grisham books a permanent rest. I kept reading because I was hoping the plot would thicken, but it never happened.
Pretty boring , don't waste your time on this . I have read all of his novels and The Partner , Runaway Jury were great and all his initial novels were good too , but this one and the street lawyer let me down ..
I cannot argue against the fact that this novel is definitely a page-turner and very fast paced, which makes it gripping and exciting. However, I was bothered by Grisham's ways of degrading the country in which most of the story took place. I am not from Brazil or the US, but I do sympathize with the Brazilians because Grisham has made a definite point of making it look low, poor, dirty, and full of disease. He described its people as being isolated from the modern world - and I'm not referring to the tribes, but to the cities - and living in the past. Stating the facts is one thing, but deliberate lingering over the negative details was a turn-off. There is also a general negative tone that is carried throughout the story, but it is quickly overridden by the fast pace of the action. It is a good story, interesting enough by taking place in the jungle, but I don't see why Grisham wants to spread a negative viewpoint about Brazil; there are other ways to make a story interesting without degrading other countries.
This was an uncharacteristically boring novel. The plot meandered aimlessly for most of the book and seemed to be heading nowhere. To be fair, the courtroom episodes were well written as usual. Overall a letdown.
I am a John Grisham fan. I have loved most of his books and I was disgusted with this pitiful excuse for a book, it was really his worst. The characters we were supposed to hate, were a little interesting, but the one's that we were supposed to like were bland and boring. The only part of the book that held any interest was the trip down the river in Brazil. The thing I found most offensive about this book was the missionary character. She was, in typical missionary form, trying to ruin a peaceful and ancient culture with her tunnel visioned religious notions. It was appauling. I was bored and yet offended by this book. If you want to read self-rightous Christian propoganda, then read this book, but my advise is to skip this one and hope that Grisham returns to his normal legal thriller format soon.
I didn't like this one as much as the others I've read by Grisham, although, as always, it was well written. There seemed to be a few sub-plots and characters that were never fully developed. The middle was a bit slow, it lacked suspense, and the end was disappointing.
I was loving the book which was full of excitement and adventure. I couldn't put it down because I had to see how it ended. That is when Mr. Grisham ran out of gas. After all those pages of wonderful reading, the end was VERY disappointing and uneventful. I expected more.
I've read all of Grisham's books. This is the first one that I didn't care if I finished it. The most interesting people in the story are the children and ex-wives, yet we never really get to know them.
At first I found this book rather interesting, It grips you, gets your expectations up and then its very disappointing. What a waste of time, I guess it would be good to read if you wanted to 'practice' reading, otherwise, dont waste your time.
I have read all of Grisham's books, and I think this is his best. At last we have an ending that's not only believeable but fits in with the plot of the book. His endings have always been weak but he obviously has overcome that weakness with this book. Can't wait to read the next book.
Grisham has absolutely run out of ideas. This recipe of a story is completely predictable and I had to force myself to finish. Does he really need the money? Grisham's earlier novels were fun and exciting, but now he seem to take the same plot and thinly disguise it by using different character's names. Not worth the read.
This was a great book but very predictable. I just wish that Grisham added another twist or something to make it more exciting.
This was my first Grisham novel, opening grabbed me but I found most of the book bogs down in the jungle trip, I expected more suspense. Will try another.
Where is the suspense in this C.S. Forster wannabe? Clearly Grisham's worst endeavor so far. I found myself falling asleep turning pages of what I had come to expect as another page turner. Far too predictable and moralizing. Save yourself the lack of suspense and wait for his next one.
I couldn't put this book down until the end. I just had to know what happened with the inheritance. In the beginning I really wanted the old rich dude to actually give the whole thing to the illegitimat. (Spoiler!) But towards the end, it was fairly distributed and basically a very fair ending. It made me really happy!


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|Mar 4, 1958
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|Feb 4, 1953
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|Feb 4, 1953
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|Caesar Orville S
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|Caesar Orville S
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March 4, 1958 o. s. CAESAR INTERNAL FIXATION 0F .FRACTURES Filed Feb. 4, 195:5
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, INTERNAL FIXATION F FRACTURESI Orville S. Caesar, Bar'rington, Ill. Application February 4, 1953, Serial No. 335,065 Claims. (c1. 128-92) The present invention relates to the internal fixation of fractures particularly of the large bones, such as the femur for instance. The invention contemplates novel metal elements which. are left within the body to obtain I siderable bone and may therefore bring about too great.
an impairment of the blood supply.
One of the objects of the present invention is to avoid these disadvantages commonly associated with internal' fixation by providing a novel arrangement of metallic parts-for holding the bone ends in positive alignment by preventing any relative movement in a transverse, torsional'or bending manner and which accomplishes this without putting undue, abnormal pressure upon the bone surface at any location.
Still another object is to provide fixation members and instruments which largely free the surgeon from the necessity of exercising such a high order of mechanical skill as is ordinarily required in surgery of this character.
Yet another object is to provide va novel method for obtaining internal fixation.
Other objects and advantages will become apparent from the following description of a preferred embodiment of my invention which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings. I
In the drawings, in which similar characters of reference refer to similar parts throughout the several views:
Fig. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing the bone fixation elements which remain within the body,
illustrated radially outwardly from their finallocation; Fig. 2 is a top view of the bone fixing members in final position; and g i Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view which may be considered as taken in the direction of the arrows substantially along the line 33 of Fig. 2.
According to the present invention, the fracture is reduced and the bone ends temporarily clamped. in place.
The bone is then prepared to receive the internal splint in the manner best seen generally in Fig. 1. A bone drill is used to form three sets of parallel holes extending through the bone transversely as will be described pres ently. For this purpose I prefer to use a jig or fixture clamped to the bone for guiding the drill in order to insure precise placement.
. angle of somewhat more than: 60 degrees to the first set 66a so as to be slightly beyond the second set 70a.
All three sets of holes pass all the way through the bone, and the set 72ais enlarged. on the near side. This enlargement is such that when screws are passed through these holes, the near side will have approximately the thread diameter of the screws while the far side will be at approximately the root diameter.
A circular bone saw is then used to form a longitudinal slot 94a. This saw cut removes the material between the holes 66a on the near side of the bone and the saw blade is advanced far enough to form an arcuate notch internally at the far side. This notch should not break through the surfaceof the bone at the far side.
By referring now to Figs. 1 to 3, wherein I have illustrated the internal fixation elements or splints, it will be seen that one of these is a fiat, stiff plate 140 formed of a metal of an alloy which may permanently be permitted to-remain within the body. The plate 140 has a: thickness only slightly less than that of the slot 94:: and. is, formed at each end to provide pins 142. These pins: and the remaining portion of the plate may be formed as a casting, or, if desired, the pins may be shaped by rolling the ends of the plate 140 as shown. Justhow these pins are formed will depend principally upon the: character of the metal employed, some metals for such purposes being rather brittle and hard, and better suited. to casting processes than bending and shaping proc-- esses. In any event, the pins 142 are parallel to each other and are of such size and have such alignment that;
, they fit the holes 66a. when the intermediate portion is:
In any event, a pair of holes 66a is drilled in parallel relation, one on each side of the fracture, transversely through the bone.
tion and at an angle of about 60 degrees to the first set. The third set,-72a, still closer together, is drilled at an A second set somewhat closer together, indicated at a, is then drilled in parallel rela-- in the slot 94a.
Just inwardly of the pins 142 the central portion of" the plate is cut out as indicated at 144, the openings I 144 having a spacing equal to the distance between the holes 7001. Still closer to the center, the plate 140 is drilled and tapped with openings 146 in alignment with the holes 72a. This drilling and tapping is not conducted normal to the face of the plate 140, however, but is at an angle of about 60 thereto for a purpose which will appear presently. The lower edge of the plate 140 may have a small arcuate tab 148 at its center, which has the same degree ofcurvature as the notch previously mentioned as being formed by the saw blade.
The plate 140 is put in place simply by entering the ends of the pins 142 into the holes 66a and pressing or gently tapping the plate into place until the top surface is substantially flush with the surface of the bone. Under these circumstances the tab 148 will enter into the notch formed at the far side of the bone by the center 1 In order to insure this, the plates 140 of the saw blade. may be made in slightly dilferent sizes to accommodate.- bones of ditferent thicknesses. 4
A second plate consists of'a strip of metal of appropriate composition indicated by the numeral 150 which.- preferably isheavier and stiffer than the plate 140. This. strip 150 is riveted at its ends to a pair of pins l5 2 which are parallel and spaced apart the same distance as the. spacing between the holes 70a; The strip 150 also has;
a pairof tabs 154 formed at one edge which are drilled; i and tapped with openings 156 in alignment with the;
holes 72a.
This member is inserted by entering the pins 152 in the holes 70aand passing or tapping the plate 150 into position against the bone, under which condition the holes 156 are in alignment with the holes 72a.
indicated at 160 to their root diameter or slightly there. :1
below so that they are smooth.
A. I pair of screws 158 are threaded into the openings 156 and run down with any suitable screw driver until their".
By referring particularly to Fig. 3 it will be seen that -whenthe pins 152 are entered in the openings 70a and the plate 150 pressed into place, these pins 152 pass through theopenings 144 in the platc.140, and when-the plate 150 is against the bone surface,the ends of the pins 152 indicated at 153 just project from the op posite side of the bone. The screws 158"after being threadedinto theopenings 156 pass through the bone openings 72:: freely inasmuch as these openings are prefcrably drilled out enough to just provide clearance. When the screws are approximately half way down to their final positions, theturned down ends 160 will enter the threaded openings 146 of the plate 120. As each screw advances, it will bring the thread at its end against the plate 146 and in something less than one turn of the screw the screw threads will enterthe threads in the opening 1146. Thereafter the screw can be driven home without any relative motion taking place between the plates 150 and 140. The other screw 158 is of course driven into poistion in a similar fashion and with a similar result. When finally located, the smooth ends 160 of the screws just project from the far side of the bone as seen in Fig. 3.
By using this fixation technique, the screws are not threaded into the bone substance and therefore do not clamp the bone plate 150 against the surface of the bone so as to exert an undesirable pressure. In further explanation of this, note that inasmuch as the screw threads are started into the plate 140 while the plate 150 is held against the bone, and since these screws advance through both plates at the same rate, the final result is that when the heads of the screws 158 are jammed against the surface of the bone plate 150, thisplate is retained in place solely by the plate 140. Inasmuch as there will almost always be some tendency for the screw 158 to stop moving inwardly for a portion of a revolution until the threads have entered the threads 146there can be no tendency for the plate 150 to be held against the surface of the bone with any greater pressure than the hand pressure exerted upon it by the surgeon at the time the screws 153 entered the plate 146 and almost always there will be a slight spacing due to the screws hacking oil a portion of a revolution.
As best seen in Fig. 3, the screws 158-beingguided in the bone at both ends-prevent shiftingof the plate 140. Likewise the plate 140 prevents withdrawal or movement of the screws 158 or plate 150. Twisting of the bone ends relative to each other is resisted by the stiff plate 156 and by the plate 140 and their pins. Bending likewise is impossible without bending of the plates [50 and 14d. Eudwise thrusts are also resisted by the pins 152 and plate 150 and also by the plate 140 and its pins 142. In addition, of course, the screws 158 give support to the bone to help prevent any relative movement.
After the screws 158 have been tightened, any clamp used for holding the, bone ends in place temporarily is removed, thereby completing the permanent fixation. The fixation as thus accomplished is extremely strong,
the placement of the internal fixing elements is sure to t have a higher degree of accuracy than any other technique with which 1 am familiar, the elements do not place pressure .upon the surface, and the completed joint is relatively smooth. Furthermore, as is apparent, the plates may be inserted without exposing much in excess of 60 of the bone.
From the above description of a preferred embodiment of my invention it will be apparent that variations and modifications may be made without departing from the scope or spirit of the invention. The scope of the invention is therefore to be measured by the scope of the following claims.
I claim:
1. Internal fracture fixation mechanism comprising a plate adapted to extend into a bone in one longitudinally extending plane substantially including the centerline of Sansone; a pair of parallel pins adapted to extend into said bone in a second longitudinally extending plane intersecting said first plane at substantially the centerline of said bone, a bar connecting the outer ends of said pins, and screw means adapted to be threaded through said bar and plate for fixing the relative positions of said bar, pins and plate. independently of the bone structure.
2. Internal fracture fixation mechanism comprising a plate adapted to extend into a bone in one longitudinally extending plane, two or more parallelpins adapted to extend into said bone, in a second longitudinally extending plane intersecting said first plane, a bar connecting the outer, ends of said pins, and screw means adapted to be threaded through said bar and plate for fixing the relative relationship of said bar, pins and plate.
3. Internal fracture fixation structure comprising, in combination, a rigid generally fiat plate adapted to extend into a bone slot crossing a fracture in the bone and adapted to lie substantially. completely within the bone, the medial portion of said plate defining threaded openings therein spaced longitudinally along the plate, a pair of screws adapted to be threaded into said openings at a substantial angle to the plane of said plate, and a plate connecting the outer ends of said screws and adapted to rest alongsidethe external surface of the bone.
4. Bone fracture fixation means comprising, in combination, a generally fiat plate adapted to be inserted into a slot extending across a fracture in a bone, said plate having transversely. elongated enlargements on opposite ends thereof adapted to interlock with the bone at opposite ends of the slot, the transverse medial portion of said plate defining threaded openings therein longitudinal- 1y spaced along the plate, an elongated bar member adapted to lie along the external surface of the bone and extend beyond opposite sides of the fracture therein, said bar 'member' defining threaded openings therein aligned with the respective threaded openings in said plate, and screw means extending through the aligned openings in said bar member. and said plate to, hold thelatter members in fixed spaced relation to each other.
5. Internal fracture fixation mechanism comprising, in combination; first thin, generally fiat, elongated plate means of tough inert material adapted to fit edgeways substantially completely within a fractured bone and extend across the bone fracture; second thin, elongated plate means of tough inert material structurally separate from said first mentioned plate means and adapted to lie'principally outside the bone and in crossing relationto the bone fracture; said first plate means defining threaded holes in opposite ends thereof spaced a substantial distance from opposite longitudinal edges thereofisaid second plate means defining threaded holes therein spaced therealong in alinement with said respective threaded holes in said first plate means, and screw means threaded through said alined threaded holes in both "of said plate means for fixing the relative relationship of all three of said means independently of bone structure.
6. The method of fixing a fractured bone which comprises, reducing the fracture, clamping the bone on opposite sides of the fracture to positively hold the reduced fracture against misalignment while the bone is clamped, drilling holes in the clamped bone on opposite sides of the fracture, sawing a thin fiat slot in the clamped bone at a steep angle to the surface of the bone and extending transversely across the fracture beyond opposite sides thereof to intersect at opposite cndsthe drilled holes in the bone; inserting into the slot a thin, flat plate of tough inert material; placing a second plate of tough inert material on the exterior surface of the bone to extend therealong beyond opposite sides of the fracture 'in covering relation to holes drilled on both sides of the fracture, extending connecting members through the drilled holes in the bone onopposite sides of the fracture to engage both plates and positively locking the connecting members to at least one plate, and unclarnping the. bone.
7. The method of fixing a fractured bone comprising the steps of reducing the fracture, clamping the bone on opposite sides of the fracture to positively hold the reduced fracture against misalignment while the bone is clamped, drilling holes in the clamped bone on opposite sides of the fracture, sawing into the clamped bone a narrow deep slot crossing the bone fracture at a steep angle to the exterior surface thereof, inserting a thin fiat plate into the slot to extend across the fracture, applying a plate to the outer surface of the clamped bone to extend across the fracture and overlie holes drilled in the bone on opposite sides of the fracture, fixing the two plates together by extending screw means through the holes drilled in the bone and threading the screw means into both plates on opposite sides of the bone fracture to form a rigid spacing therebetween which is undiminished by tightening of the screws thus precluding the application of harmful pressure to the bone, and unclarnping the bone for the first time subsequent to said clamping.
8. The method of fixing a fractured bone which comprises the steps of reducing the fracture, clamping the bone on opposite sides of the fracture to positively hold the reduced fracture against misalinement; maintaining the clamping action on the bone while drilling a pattern of holes-into the bone on each side of the fracture, cutting into the bone a narrow slot extending at a steep angle to the bone surface between two similar drilled holes on opposite sides of the fracture, inserting into the slot a first thin flat plate and simultaneously interlocking enlargements on opposite ends of the plate with the drilled holes at opposite ends of the slot, applying a second plate of inert material to the bone to extend across the fracture therein, and fixing opposite ends of the two plates together by extending screws through drilled holes in the bone on opposite sides of the fracture to connect with the second plate and interlock with said first plate within the bone; and unclarnping the bone.
9. Internal fracture fixation structure comprising, in combination; a thin, generally flat, elongated plate of inert material adapted to fit edgeways into and substantially completely within a bone slot crossing a fracture in the bone; said plate defining openings therethrough spaced longitudinally therealong and spaced transversely from opposite longitudinal edges thereof, a pair of rotary connecting members extending through said plate openings at substantial angles to the plane of said plate, a second thin plate of inert material extending between the outer ends of said connecting members and adapted to rest alongside the external surface of the bone, and said second plate and the adjacent outer ends of said connecting members including respectively releasable connecting means coacting to fix said plate and said members together.
10. Bone fracture fixation structure comprising, in combination, two structurally separate plates of rigid inert material having thin elongated forms adapting the plates to fit on a fractured bone in spanning relation to the fracture therein and in spaced relation to each other, said plates each defining threaded openings therein spaced longitudinally therealong in alinement with similar openings in the other plate, a plurality of elongated connecting members of rigid inert material extending rotatably through alined pairs of said openings in said respective plates, each of said connecting members hav-- ing thread means spaced longitudinally therealong and interfittmg threadedly with the adjacent threaded openings of said respective plates to positively hold the latter in a fixed relationship to each other, and each of said connecting members having abutment means thereon positively engaging one of said plates to firmly limit rotary movement of the connecting member in one direction.
References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,156,440 ,Smith Oct. 12, 1915 2,133,859 Hawley Oct. 18, 1938 2,455,655 Carroll Dec. 7, 1948 2,460,470 Rogers Feb. 1, 1949 2,557,364 Treace June 19, 1951 2,583,896 Siebrandt Jan. 29, 1952 2,658,508 Gibson Nov. 10, 1953 OTHER REFERENCES The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery for July 1944, page 460. (Copy in Scientific Library.)
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|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification


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- 1⁄2 cup A.1. Original Sauce
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- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 (1 1/2 lb) boneless beef steaks (skirt, top sirloin, flank, top loin)
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