SLIM CALVES
SURGEON’S OPERATION FAILS. (Unit.d Pro.. Association—By El.otrli T*«#irrm>h--Oopyrlirhl.) PARIS, February 25. Mdlle. Suzanne Lequen, a pretty young mannequin, was awarded £I6OO against Dr. Du Jarrier, for the loss of a leg in consequence of an unsuccessful opeiation for slimming the calves. The Court decided that a surgeon had no light to undertake a serious operation for merely aesthetic purposes. The doctor pleaded that Suzanne was desirous of marrying, and threatened to kill herself if he refused to operate. The Court replied that he should have turned' the girl over to the mental specialists. Suzanne, however, kept her lover who married her in hospital before the amputation.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18201, 28 February 1929, Page 2
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108SLIM CALVES Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18201, 28 February 1929, Page 2
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