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Giménez Guinea has saved many a seemingly hopeless case when matadors have been gored in the groin, where the horn often severs the femoral artery—the kind of wound that killed the great Manolete in 1947 in Linares, far from Don Luis's aid. To stanch the gusher-like bleeding from such a wound, standard techniques are too slow and inefficient. Don Luis has perfected a method of applying pressure to the lower belly, just below the point where the femoral arteries branch off. To let the wounds heal, he uses another technique of his own: draining them through the muscles. Though he has a private practice, Don Luis draws only $1,000 a year from his bullfight duties. He has well earned the gold medal that the Bullfighters' Association will give him this week—and the accolade in the corrida motto: "Only God and Giménez can work a miracle."