THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 18, 1939..
DOCTOR OPERATES WITH GUN HELD TO HIS RIBS
Blonde Gun-girl Acts As Nurse
New York, May 4.
With a horsehair sofa as his operating table, a razor blade as his scalpel, and a blonde gun-moll as his nurse, a Chicago doctor performed to-day, with a pistol sticking in his ribs, an operation! usually fatal even in the world's best hospitals. His patient was a gangster wounded in a battle with the police.
Lured to a dingy boarding-house by a tele- phone call that said a woman was in immediate danger, Dr. Siegmund Hirschfield found himself face to face with a red-haired gunman who point- ed to his wounded companion and told the doctor: "Operate or die.”
The patient had just been shot through the abdomen during an attempted hold-up at a tavern close by.
"IT WAS MY JOB" While the doctor worked by the light of a dim lamp he was told that the man whose life he was trying to save had just murdered a man and critically wounded two policemen.
HITLER LOSING
GUIDE
Hitler was held responsible in the House of Commons for a Bill to end burning pit heaps in Bri- tain.
Mr. J. J. Tinker, Socialist mem- ber for Leigh, said: “One of the reasons for this Bill is a man with whom we disagree in many things. I mean the German leader,"
Mr. G. A. Griffiths (Socialist member for Hemsworth) said that burning heaps would guide enemy aircraft.
to.
The third reading was agreed
PARSONS TO BE
Man In Court As Woman
PARIS, MAY 4.
WHEN A YOUNG MUSIC-HALL ARTIST, MARCEL POULAIN,
APPEARED IN COURT HERE
TO-DAY AS PLAINTIFF IN A
LIBEL ACTION HE WORE
WOMEN'S CLOTHES AND HIGH-
HEELED SHOES.
Poulain had brought an action for
'MIND' DOCTORS? damages against a Paris illustrated
magazine for having incorporated an alleged interview and a picture of him in an article on the Paris
underworld.
by a blonde young woman and the
The Council of the British Medi- hard-faced, red-haired man. |cal Association recommends, that "The man showed me a dark-people without medical qualifica-
The case was being heard before, haired man lying on a bed, with
a crowded court when a tall, elegan- his face pasty from loss of blood, tions should be recognised as quali-tly
dressed brunette, with fied to treat mental disorders-pro-three rings of
pearls viding these laymen are properly round her neck, walked to
and said: 'Fix him up,'
“He looked just about dead, and I said. He ought to be taken to hospital.'
gun
the barristers' bench followed by trained, and work only in conjunc-another young woman,
!
She sat next to Poulain's counsel, The report, published in the who was addressing the court, "British Medical Journal,” says that opened her handbag and proceeded the Council has reappointed the to put rouge her lips. special committee inquiring into the medical equipment for dealing with mental health and hopes
"To my amazement the woundedtion with doctors. man got up on one elbow and snarl- Dr. Hirschfield told me by long-ed at his friend: "Give me that rod distance telephone to-night: "[pistol].' Then he pointed the realised I had found a man who at me, and said, "Fix me up.' did not deserve to live, a man who "I shrugged my shoulders and was no good. . Yet I had to do my said 'No instruments. The red-hair- best to save him. That was my job. I ed man handed me a razor-blade to submit a report in 1940.
'GIMME THAT'
"I had no anaesthetic. Every time and growled 'Use this.' the man lying. on
the sofa moaned, when I struck some nerve centre I could sense my crazed guard tightening his trigger finger.
"When I went to the address given over the telephone I was met
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RELIGIOUS PROBLEMS
"It has been represented to the Council that the clergy have valu- able opportunities of preventive so they work in mental cases, and that they
"The blonde brought me water and clean towels. There weren't enough towels, brought handkerchiefs.
"It took me about half an hour before I reached the bullet, near
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should be trained in medical psy- chology.
JUDGE SHOCKED
"Who are you, madam?" said the presiding judge.
To the judge's amazement "she" "I am Marcel replied sharply: Poulain," and, pointing to the wom- an, added: "This is my wife!"
All in court except the judge laughed loudly.
"How dare you come here dis- guised as a woman?" said the judge when calm was restored.
"It has been argued that the clergy, in co-operation with doctors, should treat mental disorders which have their roots in religious pro- blems.
"Women are forbidden to wear "The Council recognises that masculine costume, but there is no clergymen can perform valuable law to prevent a man from dressing work of an educational or preven-as a woman if he wishes to," replied tive character, and it sees no rea- Poulain. son why the medical profession should not co-operate in the instruc- tion of the clergy in the principles of medical psychology."
.
The judge dismissed the caso and said Poulain's appearance in feminine costume was an "improper and impudent exhibition."
ARMY OF "SPECIALS" TO BEAT BOMB MEN
Special constables are guarding all of more I.R.A. bomb outrages. essential public and other services The watchers are armed with in Coventry against the possibility truncheons, equipped with pervice
the man's spine.
whistles and have power to arrest. They keep in touch with headquar- "As I removed it he twisted histers through the police box telephone bead and said "Gimme that bullet.
system I'm going to 'send it back with in- terest to the guy who fired it.'
"About four hours later, when they had packed up all their be- longings, the man I operated on tried to walk out without help. I've never seen such endurance.
"His companions carried him from the house. Then I went to the police."
The police have identified the bandits as J. Wilson and Edward Riley, from Detroit. A man hunt has been ordered along all roads out of
They will patrol all parts of the city, doing two periods of duty a week, working on a rota system.
Six hundred and thirty, special constables have been enrolled, but
only a percentage have been sworn in, all of them are not yet available.
In the past eleven weeks Coven- try has had fourteen bomb outrages.
Firnig practice will be carried. out from Fort Stanley, between the hours of 10 a, m. and 2 p. m. to- day