FACIAL SURGERY

Opotiki News, Volume X, Issue 1041, 28 October 1947, Page 2

FACIAL SURGERY

(Continued.) Following is the conclusion of the article under the above heading which appeared in Friday’s issue and portion of which was accidentally omitted. The article in question caused considerable interest and a number of requests were received for publication of the ending. Let me tell you a story about ‘‘Mac,” as the Guinea Pigs at East Grinstead call him. Half-way down the ward at the hospital a 21-year-old pilot officer lay in bed. He had been shot down in flames seven months before and when he joined the ward his spirits were low. Dr. Mclndoe came in. “I’ve ordered an ambulance. You are going away from here,” he told the patient. “You are going to London for the night. 1 have booked a room for you at an hotel and I have booked a seat for you at a show.” Up to London with his nurse went the pilot. He was wheeled right up to the front of the theatre. He forgot about his scars and returned to the hospital in high spirits. To-day he is back in the R.A. F. He lives again. LDr. Mclndoe is now' Sir Archibald Mclndoe. His name appeared in the King’s Birthday honours.]