SURGERY WAS TOO SLOW
THE NURSE EFFECTED A CUKE
A vigorous slapping on his back did more than surgical science for Leonard Hilbert. Five months ago lie swallowed a. screw. Severe spells of coughing were followed by X-ray examinations, which f li»se!osed that metal was wedged in the windpipe. Surgeoiiy in two operations were unable to' touch it.
Plans were made to take the child to Philadelphia for a third .operation He (began eougbilng violently, and :v nurse, impatient at the failure of surgical treatment, picked him up by the heels, slapped him soundly on the back, and shook out the screw.
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Feilding Star, Volume 7, Issue 2377, 2 December 1929, Page 7
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