The human throat is a nest of vipers. One slip of the scalpel and you sever the carotid. One millimeter too deep and you cut the recurrent laryngeal nerve. He will never speak again. But if you do nothing… he will never breathe again.
The swelling has reached his larynx. If I don’t operate within the hour, he will suffocate. In his sleep. outlander s04e13 1080p web-dl
Jamie Fraser took my husband. Now I take his enemy. The human throat is a nest of vipers
Operate? With what knife, Sassenach? We’ve no ether. No carbolic. Naught but whiskey and a prayer. He will never speak again
CLAIRE (52) sits beside him, her fingers pressed to his carotid artery. Her face is lit by a single tallow candle. She looks up at JAMIE (49), who stands in the doorway, his silhouette framed by falling snow.