OPERATION AT SEA
feat by untrained men AN ENGINEER’S LIFE SAVED. SYDNEY, September 2. A graphic story of an operation which was performed in mid-ocean by untrained men was told by the officers of the Mahia when the vessel reached Sydney from London. Captain Andrews and a steward saved the life of an engineer. The Mahia was bound from New Zealand to London without a doctor when the engineer had his leg broken, the flesh being badly torn. He lost much blood, and his life was in danger. Wireless revealed that no ship which was carrying a doctor was witihn call, so the captain°and a steward gave the man an anaesthetic, and after strenuous efforts managed to set the leg. The engineer was soon on his way_ to recovery, and he is now convalescing in England.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21430, 3 September 1931, Page 9
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136OPERATION AT SEA Otago Daily Times, Issue 21430, 3 September 1931, Page 9
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