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Show - 44 44FLOYD ' FLOYD GIBBONS GBONS GBONSAdventurers GIBBONSI Wn . | Or * A A " ' I Adventurers ' Clubh ClubC Club y.J yJ . . .vk vk . , . If > , h . # ' \ C SY " , A " f fy.J ' \ . 4 4 " ? " . ' jP " ' ' 1 1t'i 1ti ' : * ' x 1 9 9k k > ' . f . ( ; , "Under Under " and Over the Knife " it itBy M MBy By FLOYD GIBBONSt GIBBONSFamous GIBBONSFamous GIBBONS t ( Famous - Headline i-ieadllne i ieadllne Hunter . r rOCTORS f fOCTORS PROCTORS OCTORS , . if they would , could tellmany tell many grim stones stories ot of otf otsuperhuman ofI ofsuperhuman otL f I super-human super human - - battles battlesith \\ith ith aith \ \ Ith death that take tal"c talc " place behind behmd the thejwhtte thewhite thewhite jwhtte white doors of the operating operatmg room but these thesc stones stolles seldom seep seeptthrough seepthrough seepthrough tthrough { through tlie the antiseptic masks mashs thc theywear they ) ' wear wcar at their heroic work . . It Itwould Itwould ItAvoulcT would seem that these masks mashs also a1so sen sery scr\ed scr ed \ cd ed as professional gabsto gags gabs gags'to I fto t gabst 'to to ito ' bind the theF tlieir their v\ v is " vcarers \ carers to secrecy sceneY . F K Heree Here we \\e e 'se se \ ' \ have b'l\e b'l bl e bile ' \ a story of a u near tragedy tr'1gedv tr1gedv trigedv ' In an nn operation room thatthrobs that thatI thatthrobs I brobs throbs with dramatic dr'1matlc dr1matlc dritaatic ' action It didn't didnt ' come from the doctor or tlie the nure nurse nursebut nur&eibut nureibut & ; : ) I IIbut Ibut but from a little girl whose father f'1ther f1ther tither ' Is a surgeon sllr eon and whose \ hose mother Is histrained his hisItralned hisstrained Itralned strained nurse Renee Smith is the ioung young . } oung ladv's ladvs lid's lids hll . } 's s ' name namerJ namet rJ rJIn 4 ' In the summer of 1929 Renec'3 Renec3 Renee's Renees ' father had a private hospital hospitalf hospitale hospitalto hospitalI f e " * ' in to the basement of his home The operating room of this hospitalh hospitalfaced hospital ' # 1 h faced a narrow alley which ceparated separated it from another house houseOne housefl One cla day . } ' Renees Renee s father hther had h'ld hld hid ' a delicate major ll1'ljor ll1ljor mijor ' operation to perform performThe performThe performThe The > patient " was "as as " wheeled "heeled heeled Into tlie the spotless " white "hlte hlte room An .assistant assistant nsslstnnt . doc doe doctor doetor doctor tor administered tlie the anesthetic The day " was as ; stifling ctlftlng hot and the fumes fumesot fumesof fumesof ot of the ether saturated the atmosphere Hence Renee Rcnces smother s motlier mother handed h'10l1ed h10l1ed ' Instill Instillments instu Instiuincuts u umeats ments meats to her surgeon urgcon husband and soon the operation opcr'1t1on opcr1t1on ' \ was as under way wayFireWith \ wav a . } i iFIreWIth FIre-WIth FIre WIth Fire/-With Fire / ' - With a Delicate Deltcate Operation at Hand ! The Tlie surgeon was absorbed ahsorbed In hIsork his \ work \\ork ork , the assistant doctor bu burp burpmatching busywitching , > y atchlng matching ; : his patient's patients ' icactlon leactlon ieaction to the ether , but Renee TIenee s c ; mother began begnn to tolotlce to.notice tonotice lotlce totlce ( . that th'lt thlt ' the heat In tlie tIle the operating room v/as v as was / ternflc terrific Alarmed Ahrmed , shewent shewent she shewent went to the \ window Indo " and as she did ld one of the wlu vviudovva windows o\\ o ocrntkecl \ cracked crntkecl bhe Site bhelooked Sitelooked blielooked looked out ont and ne nearly neirly rly screamedr screamed & r The building across the way was on fire . Workmen , busilyy busilyheating busily : y heating heattng tar for the roof they were repairing , had let the fire un unt un- un under , - - t \ der the huge tar kettle get out of control and the heat from the ; " + < . fire had cracked tho the window The situation was desperate for forthis forjt , this reason . . " H HEther Ether is even eren more inflammable than gasoline g'1soUne g1soUne ' The ether fumes Inthe In Inthe inthe the operating room \ wcie were C1 e as thick as the gas fumes tunics In tlie the carbUl carbuictor carburetor etor ot of otan ofan ofan an automobile automobl1e One spark sp'lrh splrh ' and the room and all a11 In it would be blo blown " n to tobits tobits tobits bits bitsThe The Horror Was Too Much for This Nurse . To give Sou YOU ou an Idea Ide'1 Ide1 ides ' ho how " Inflammable InOamm'1ble InOamm1ble ' ether reallIs really reall\ reall realls \ Is , , I remember- remember rememberbefore rememberbefore remember rememberbefore - before the davs days cIa . } s of electric starters-\\ starters startersben starters-ssben starters ssben starters - \ when ben we poured a few fen less drops of ether etherInto etherInto etherInto Into sparkplug openings of the oldtime oldtlme cars to start st'1rt st1rt stint ' them In cold weatherm " weather e1.ther e1ther . 2 m Pence's Pences Renee's Renees ' mother was a doctor's doctors ' ' wife and knew all this : She Shetook Shef 1 took one look at the workmen fighting like madmen to put out they the y ; flames , , , and then , . stricken with horror at the thought of the catas cotas cotastrophe catas1 cotasz 1 z ' 1trophe trophc trophe which was about to annihilate her little family , . she fell to tot tothe toy t , : ! the floor , in n a faintAt faint . J JAt \ At a nod from the surgeon the assistant doctor dOl'tor dOltor ' carried c'lrrled clrrled cirried ' her to the theother theother theother other room , . where wlJ're wlJre ( ' Renee Henee Itenee plaj plavcd played ed , , and left her to recover in the fresh fresher r 4 ' y , tt ttyyti yyti rr rrl rrtie .4 4 . l f t 1 ' tie tier tieN " J t- t - t.J . / " /.J .J / . " , . - .i i . ' - t " I " / , c g f ( - r wc , - N > < w f- f fStricken " , . . 5 ? - Stricken With Horror , . She Felt Fell in a FaintA Faint i ilr A lr It Is not uncommon for people to faint from the time fumes of ot ether anel and ande andtie e two doctois doctols doctors " went "ent ent on with their , vvoik work \ 01 k , unconscious for a moment II10ment of ofelr ofsir ofheir ie elr sir danger dangerI dangerd 1 ( i d \ I- I IA - ' ' A Doctor's Doctors ' Duty Is Toward His PatIent Patient.J PatientJ . i iSoon Soon , however howeser ho\\ ho hoe \ e\ e eer \ er , , the smoke smoIe , drifting drIftlng by the "indo indo " windows " s told the doctor doctot doctor'ie " , 'ie ie ' e true situation sltu1.tlon sltu1tlon . Ihcy 'Illey Illey they ' exchanged o.ch'1nged o.ch1nged och1nged cachinged . ' glances glnnces giances , each kno1nghat knowing kno\\1ng kno 1ng \ what \\hat hat \ hatIlS \ was \\IlS IlS Ine ine In Ine > e othu others s mind mmd Doctor Smith nc\ nc never ncer \ er he<atcd heltatcd hC51t'1ted hC51t1ted hesltited & ' His nls Ills dutv dut3 dut \ was as to hI3 his hI3tleut hisDent hisitient tleut Dent , , nnd awl and without \ Ithout a i . ilanco glance out the window " Indo\\ Indo Indohe \ lie he went \ \ ent on with "lth lth " tlie tile the openon open opera openon operaon . on Ihe 'lhe lhe Zhe ' assistant nssIstant doctor took tool , his IllS place at the pitient's pitients plhent's plhents patient's patients ' ' head an and the theo ? 0 o doctors \ vvoiked worked olled , on : as IS though notliing nothing , were \ ere \ wrong ron . ; They 'fhey fhey ' both kne\\ kne knew knehlghl knewss knewivy \ ss \ highly hlghl highl3 . } explosive ecplosive e plosl\"e plosl "e e \ " ether fumes are-smoking are smoking are - smoking Is alwavs always a\\ a a3 ) \ 3 s forbidden foi fOl bidden 1roun uround uroundherand iroundher hcr-nno hcr nno her-and her and - and they must have h'1\e h'1 h1 e hire ' \ known Ino\\n Ino n , \ that any second might be their 11St list listver 11Stver listTer ver tlie the snipjiing snlp'pln snlppln snipping ' of or the surgical Instruments they could hear hcar the tbe clachle crackle clachlethe cracklethe ciacklethe the Homes thme flames ' ) and nnd the cries cnes of the men tr trying . } mg to conh contiol control 01 themHalf themHalf them , Half an hour v/ent v ent went / by The doctors sweated under their thclr white whiterobes whiterobes whiteI robes , , but Doctor Smith's Smiths ' practical hands never faltered He HeJ Hemight He\ He Hemight \ J might have moved the patient , but exposure to a non septic roommight roommight room ? miaht might mean fatal infection Like the captain of a sinking ship , he hestayed hestayed her , stayed at his post until the last stitch In the incision had beentaken beentaken been * taken . . As thoaopeiition the- the theopei . - opei opel ation 'ltIon ltIon ' ended the flie the flue got under control The patient was waseeled waseeled waslecled eeled out of oC the operating room and was W'1S W1S wis ' soon on the.1y the time \ way \\.1y .1y . to reco recosery recovery.it recoveryit , cry . . t two t\\O t O \ new patients " vveie "ele ele ssete added that dav day to tlie the hospital register . , . register\ register registerDoctor \ byIe Doctor Smith and his hie ; wIfe-Henee's wIfe Henee's Henees wife-Renee's Renee's Renees wife - Pence's Pences ' father and mothe1-lay mothe1 lay motheu-lay motheu mothei - lay side by bye bye e ! in n hospital cots for davs dnvs days before berore thcv they the . } recovered recrlvered rec vered from ( tlie tlle lie shoch shock shochAnd shockAnd shockAnd shock\ shock \ And , . Renee TIenee hence ? 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