Vacation

His Majesty King George and her Majesty Queen Mary went to the Alhambra Theatre in Leicester Square, a couple of stone's throws from Buckingham Palace. En route the King caught a cold, later the cold turned to influenza, still later the influenza turned to bronchitis. The King went to bed.

To the royal bedside went Sir F. S. Hewett, K. C. V. O., M.D., Surgeon Apothecary to His Majesty and Surgeon Apothecary to the Household; Sir Milsom Rees, K. C. V. O., F. R. C. S., Laryngologist to the...

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