THE BOOK AND BONES.

Taranaki Daily News, 9 July 1921, Page 11

THE BOOK AND BONES.

A London medical student was in need of a certain book on anatomy and a “set of bones.” He applied to his father for help. The father, having hardly as much money as he could wish, was rather dismayed when he learnt the cost of the book and bones. He advertised in the hope of getting both more cheaply. His success was greater than he had dared to hope. A doctor who had happily passed all his examinations replied to the advertisement offering his own copy of the book and—may one say?—his own bones, for which he felt no further need, free, gratis, and for nothing. Hardly had the delighted father accepted the gift with proper gratitude than he received a visit from a young woman who explained that she was willing to dispose cheaply of her 'book and her bones, as she was about to set out for darkest Africa in the capacity of a medical missionary. The advertiser suggested that she might want these things in her future sphere of operations. She acknowledged that she might, but added that her society’ discouraged the taking of bones .to Africa, as they might give the natives