AN EFFECTUAL APPEAL.

Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12490, 17 March 1909, Page 1

AN EFFECTUAL APPEAL.

A curious and interesting story is told concerning Mr Benn "Wolfe Levy, the noted public benefactor who died a few days ago. Some years ago he was visiting the London Hospital, and seeing men in red flannel dressing gowns, he asked Mr Sidney Holland why they were so dressed. Mr .Holland told him that they were prepared for operations, but owing to the fact that there was only one operating theatre, it was doubtful whether there would be time to' do all the operations. The cruelty of preparing men for operations with all the anxiety involved to the patient, and then have to postpone them, appealed to Mr Levy, and j he at once drew a ccheque for £13,000, j which he was told would build five theatres, and ultimately increased the amount to £15,000.