Three doctors wcee operating rm a (nan for appendicitis. Alter the operation was completed one of the doctors missed a small sponge. The patisnt was reopened, the sponge found within, and the man sewed up again. Immediately the second doctor missed a needle. Again the patient was opened and closed. Then the third doctor missed a pair of scissors. "Gentlemen," said the victim, as they were about to open him up again, "for Heaven's sake, if you're going to keep this up, put buttons on me I"
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King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 321, 17 December 1910, Page 2
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87Untitled King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 321, 17 December 1910, Page 2
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