ROUGH SURGERY.
OPERATION IN THE STREET. Seeing a man lying in the middle of a. slreet in Brisbane recently, two young men stopped their motor lorry and rushed over. They lifted him to the footpath. A few seconds later an ambulance car was at the scene, and in the heati—lights of the machine a cursory out—ward examinnhtion revealed a fracture of the left knee. To the anmzcment of his helpers the man casually asked for a hammer and nails. Puzzled, the driver complied. "l'he man pulled up the leg of his trousers and disclosed the fracture. The spring of his wooden leg had iu'oken, making it impossible for him to move. “Drive a couple of nails in and I‘ll he all right," he said. This was done, and he limped off.
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Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19901, 2 June 1936, Page 4
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131ROUGH SURGERY. Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19901, 2 June 1936, Page 4
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