"Speaking of operations--" / by Irvin S. Cobb ... illustrations by Tony Sarg.
- Irvin S. Cobb
- Date:
- [1915], ©1915
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: "Speaking of operations--" / by Irvin S. Cobb ... illustrations by Tony Sarg. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![He certainly had his emotions under splendid control. But then, of course, you must remember that he probably had traveled about extensively and was used to sight-seeing. From this point on everything passed off in a most businesslike manner. He reached into a filing cabinet and took out an ex¬ hibit, which I recognized as the same one his secretary had filled out in the early part of the century. So I was already in the card-index class. . Then briefly he looked over the manifest that Doctor X had sent him. It may not have been a manifest—it may have been an invoice or a bill of lading. Anyhow, I was in the as¬ signee’s hands. I could only hope it would not eventually become necessary to call in a receiver. Then he spoke: “Yes, yes-yes,” he said; “yes-yes-yes! Operation required. Small matter—hum, hum! Let’s see—this is Tuesday? Quite so. Do it Friday! Friday at”—he glanced toward a scribbled pad of engagement dates at his elbow—“Friday at seven A. M. [28]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29817675_0036.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
