DOCTOR'S HANDICAP
SCISSORS FOR OPERATION. LONDON, September 23. The story of how a doctor saved a boy’s life by operating with » “ old scissors comes from the HelnidCo Islands, north-west of Scotland. A summons reached Lochalsli, in Ross and Cromarty, late at night., lhe doctor made a stormy six miles passage in a small yacht and long journey on a rough road. He found a lad. suffering from blood-poisoning arising from kidney trouble. The doctor told the lad’s parents that the only hope lay in letting blood, and even then there was only one chance in a hundred of saving his life. The parents agreed to the operation, and the doctor asked for a razor. No razor was available, but a pair of rusty scissors used for cleaning fish and rabbits was produced. The doctor cleaned them with gin and water, and cut the boy’s forearm. The patient will soon be convalescent.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 12 October 1929, Page 3
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