What do surgeons say during an operation? In the Hollywood version their speech is tense, clipped. A new recording by Folkways Records of an actual operation in an eastern U.S. hospital shows that, in reality, surgeons sound like expert mechanics bent over a balky V8. Thus:
An older surgeon is supervising a young surgeon in an operation to remove a cyst from a small boy's neck. He keeps repeating phrases like "spread and cut" or "stay close to the object you're removing" to impress operative technique on his charge. "What are you scared of?" he...
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