Medicine: Surgical Notes

When Dr. Frank Baskerville Bull of Gardiner, Me. went to Boston last week to attend the convention of the American College of Surgeons, he prudently put a pocketbook containing $28 in one hip pocket, another pocketbook containing $8 in the other hip pocket. When in due course a Boston holdup man accosted Dr. Bull in a restaurant. Dr. Bull, flustered, handed over the $28 pocketbook.

Besides the wisdom which the holdup taught him, Dr. Bull picked up a profitable amount of information from fellow surgeons. Some of it:

Grafted Eyes, Mrs. Daphne Muir, only person...

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