Show h HEROIC DOCTOR Stories of heroism among physicians nd surgeons Burgeons are not tare re but occa one stands out above bove the oth rs so that comment on it is timely uch a story comes from Vienna and and the hero is Dr EIsel surgeon 1 of o Di he e Vienna university and nd a man of fame A few days ago hgo after suc operating on to io appendicitis appen patients Dr calmly re rei i larked fIt It is my turn now He dl that an operating table be pre prepared prepared pared ared and when it was ready he lie took Us place on it to have his appendix re rc oved It developed later that Dr lad ad been suffering from symptoms sy that appendicitis ap for two or three The day before b fore he was w was s oper on his condition was vas as such that ie ke e realized that he was as in great dan danger danter daner ger ter er His intention Uon when he went to the 1130 hospital on the day in question Vas kas as to be operated on immediately for or he realized that delay might cost costIm costim Mm Im his life However he saw that the other patients were also in grave langer of dying Their cases were ag aggravated and Dr felt that le Ic e could not trust the work to his as assistants S Therefore he resolutely forgot his suffering while he turned his at lention to the saving of human life It N b pI J able to say that he h is t to recover according ac to all n indi atlo Certainly C he is too valuable map main for his and for the he medical edical lOn to t lose at this time And Andie Ande tOfe he ie e great geat thing about this true story Is Js Islat isk pat lat k j 1 m i lor I n nw w 3 t oriff it d Dr haye liay don xa tl as site he did Do you take too to much m ch far f r granted In ln urd doctors d tors Wedo W do not hesitate to call caU them at any hour of the day or night to call them em from their meals from their recreations from their hours of rest And we expect the doctor to respond immediately We are ar most moat Impatient when he does not come a as quickly as he ho can get there forget forgetting forgetting forgetting ting that he may have other patients with a far tat better claim to his services or that even doctors must occasionally have some som rest More when lie ie comes to the sick sickroom sickroom sickroom room we expect him to be bright and cheerful to crack a joke with the pa patient patient patient tient provided pr vided the patient Is well wel enough to appreciate it and if not to encourage encourage the anxious mem hers of the household The doctor may be feeling very badly bady indeed he ho may have lost los many hours of sleep he may be physically physically physically cally exhausted he may be so ill that he has business no out of bed but he must be cheerful And God bless him he is Are you quite sure you really appreciate your yo r doctor |