Show coarse under the knife naw YORK april 8 Spec speciale ialA man who the doctors say posses sad greater physical courage than anyone who under their observation was among the victims of the grip who died this week his name ti as john rebollo Ro bollo and his crippled figure had freen a familiar sight for the past ye r or go on the west side of town four years ago wm a man in health g antin strength sreng th ho wag emi loved ay a block cutter in a wallpaper wall paper factory more than thrya years ago a bit of brass became lodged in some manner in the big too of his right foot inflammation set in but would have nothing to do with doctors blood a mild luini anal made up his mind that the toe would have to come off Hs preformed tho operation himself with out flinching A few later rebollo waa obliged to contest himself a poor surgeon the inflammation from hia wound spread and gangrene set in then he applied to the surgeons at roosevelt hospital treatment they found it necessary to take off the entire foot even that did not avail and a few weeks later another operation was made abaye the knee he waa discharged dischar eed apparently cured and he made for himself while convalescent vale scent an artificial leg of steel with a rubber foot attached it was said to be lighter and more serviceable than the ordinary cork or wooden ie but the poison in Ro bollos system had apparently not been exterminated for three months after his discharge from the hospital eans renous symptoms appeared in the left foot and he was again compelled to go to the operating uble this time thy surgeons took the elt leg at about tho same point where the other li id been amputated before he had recovered from that operation the fatal blood poisoning reappeared in the of the right leg the continued its work and eventually the total imputations amputations for each leg were ahree the last operation was performed without the use of an aesthetics on account of the condition of the patients heart rebollo Ro bollo however did not flinch during the operation the doctors say it was one of the moat wonderful exhibitions of endurance they had ever witnessed rebollo lived through it his wonderful flurk deserted him for an instant he cot well and nearly two years ago he was discharged cured H e retained his health antil attacked by the grip about two weeks aeo and the disease finally conquered him |