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Show ! PICKED OUT THE WRONG EYE 'physician Meant Well Enough but Ho Had Left the Motorman Seriously Serious-ly Handicapped. I Frank E. Payne, a member of the state railroad commission, said when investigating a trolley accident recently, re-cently, he was told of a motorman on a work car who was running at high speed when the trucks left the rails because of snow and sleet, and the oar was thrown to the side of the right of way, bringing up against a tele-pUone tele-pUone pole. "The motorman was not seriously hurt, but was cut and bruised about the head and face by Hying gins,. Mr was carried to a physician's office where his wounds were dressed and bandaged. V,"hen the physician had placed the hist pin, he asked the wounded man if he felt like he could walk. " 'Sure, I can walk all right,' returned re-turned the patient, 'but I wish you would fix those bandages so I can see.' " '"Why, man,' returned the physician. physi-cian. 'I left one of your eyes uncovered for the. purpose.' "Rut, doc, that eye you left uncovered uncov-ered is a glass one.' " Indianapolis News. |