Roosevelt Standard | 1943-08-05 | Page 6 | Surgery at Sea Aboard an Army Transport; Doctor Operates Twice, Then is Operated On

Surgery at Sea Aboard an Army Doctor Operates Then Is Operated On i 1 j PJ i Modern sanitary conditions and the exercise of constant surveillance to keep patients cool despite tropic have made surgical operations United States troop transports as safe as though they were performed in a modern hospital Five operations within 48 hours were recently performed on one craft carrying troops to the South Alexander S. lieutenant performed assisted in and became the patient in a Lieutenant Angel operates while a friend of the patient watches and a seaman keeps in contact with the bridge ready to sound the alarm in case of an Lieutenant Angel gamely accepting the irony of his relaxes on the operating table for a preliminary examination before having his own appendix successfully