Dog 137 is set in 1917 when the US became involved in the First World War. The protagonist, named Einleff, is a homeless seventeen-year-old. He becomes a participant in chemical warfare experiments at a medical school, in which dogs are being asphyxiated with poison gases being developed for the war. 

In this excerpt from the novel, Einleff has his first meeting with Professor Foss, who is leading the experiments. Einleff is accompanied by Eugenia Temple, Foss’s student, who is anxious to have Einleff assist her with the dogs.

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