TOD SLOAN 



Dr Bull and Dr Jannaway of New York were very- 

 kind when I thought that I had an affection of the 

 heart, but they both at different times gave me a 

 clean bill of health. 



Dr A. C. Bernays of St Louis was perhaps one of the 

 greatest personalities among surgeons whom I ever 

 met. I was privileged to become a great friend of his 

 and had the opportunity of studying one of the clever- 

 est surgeons in America. It is far more interesting to 

 state some facts about the man than to remember any 

 small or great thing which he ever did for me. A. C. 

 Bernays, I believe, performed the most marvellous 

 feats in surgery that the scientific world has ever 

 known. He had the wonderful case in his charge of 

 the woman who had been shot three times through the 

 brain by her husband — who was condemned and 

 executed, by the way. 



The woman lasted four days by the most wonderful 

 feat of surgical jugglery — forgive the word — and Dr 

 Bernays actually had her talking for a few minutes on 

 the third day ; but of course she was doomed and in 

 the ordinary course of life should have died on the 

 same night as she was shot, but — A. C. Bernays ruled 

 otherwise. In connection with this case the surgeon's 

 claim against the estate of the deceased man and 

 woman was disputed. It was a question of fifty 

 thousand dollars. The administrators were against 

 it but eventually " Doc " Bernays made good his 

 right. He had sat up with the wife watching her un- 

 ceasingly for four days and nights, and this was taken 

 into consideration. He had ruined his health, but 

 had achieved a triumph for surgery. The whole 

 details of what he had done were given in the scientific 

 journals. 



When a great Congress of medical men was held — I 



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