Under the spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands, The smith a gloomy man is he McCormick has his glands, So sang ribald young interns, stage comedians, stag-line chucklers, when (in 1922) Harold F. McCormick, famed harvester manufacturer, had been rejuvenated by Victor D. Lespinasse, Chicago gland expert. Last week this Dr. Lespinasse, protesting that he had received "entirely too much publicity" from his services to Mr. McCormick, issued nevertheless some statements. The price of parts, he said, was coming down. When asked what parts he referred to, he made it clear that...
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