Medicine: Dr. X and Dr. Nikolic

Heroism and sacrifice sprouted richly in the green mountains of Yugoslavia. With them the tares of pain, hunger and disease grew too. They maimed men's bodies and spirits, crippled Marshal Tito's guerrilla army. Last week, from two firsthand reports, direct word of this suffering came to the Allies.

Nails through Bones. Dr. X is a tough New Zealander who asked for a transfer to Yugoslavia a year ago after performing 9,000 operations in Africa. On landing he was arrested by guerrillas, freed by Marshal Tito, who told him to set up a 200-cot hospital in a farmhouse.

Dr. X drove the pigs and...

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