"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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![to himself, the while humming a cheery refrain. And so he does. Well, I went home. This was Tuesday and the operation was not to be performed until the coming Friday. By Wednesday I had calmed down considerably. By Thursday morning I was practically nor¬ mal again as regards my nerves. You will understand that I was still in a state of blissful ignorance concerning the actual methods of the surgical profession as ex¬ emplified by its leading exponents of to¬ day. The knowledge I have touched on in the pages immediately preceding was to come to me later. Likewise Doctor Z’s manner had been deceiving. It could not be that he meant to carve me to any really noticeable extent —his attitude had been entirely too casual. At our house carving is a very serious mat¬ ter. Any time I take the head of the table and start in to carve it is fitting to remove the women and children to a place of safety, and onlookers should get under the table. When we first began housekeeping and gave our first small dinner-party we had [33]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29817675_0041.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
