Show PHONOGRAPH AID TO SURGEONS SURGEON'S KNIFE I 1 By El Tt- Tt The Telegrams Telegram's ft Finial al Newt CHICAGO Jan 19 P. P P. P W. W Coombs sufferer from appendicitis lay upon the operating table at Columbus hospital Ho lIe moaned an and walled wailed By his side stood Dr Thomas E. E Carter a personal personal personal per per- friend and Dr Martin RItter flitter clever sur surgeon eon In their operating gowns owns with knives kni and other Instruments Instruments instruments ments handy and nurses ren ready they prepared to operate I But when it came to administering i ithe the anesthetic Coombs resisted His IUs I pain was great reat but his fear tear of at the drug greater It It was impossible to get him under the Influence Then Dr Martin had an idea Ho whispered to a nurse and she he departed to return a few minutes later with a talking machine What kind of or music do you ou like best Coombs inquired the physician Ragtime moaned tho the wondering I patient curiosity partly overcoming his I fear Then the strains of the latest melodies melodies melodies melo melo- dies ran rang through the operating room under their Influence Coombs became quiet he forgot his fear of ot the drug and before he knew It he was wai under the Ute Influence and the doctors were ere carving canIn away The talking machine has be been n added to the re regular ular operating room equipment equipment equipment equip equip- ment for skittish patients |