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March 21, 1939
By Walt Disney
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Lane, Crawford
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INFLUENCED BY the
example of his class- mate, Dr. Parker, An- drew went to London and opened an office in a cheap neighbourhood in Paddington.
ed to come here-to be
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MRS. THORNTON was insistent, Mand Toppy gave him a pleading look, so he went up to their apart
There Andrew ordered her to bed and suggested that they call their own doctor if anything
more was
"But why won't you look after {me?" asked Toppy petulantly. "I hate my doctor, always telling me not to drink or smoke."
"I should give you exactly the same advice."
"I mightn't mind to much from you,"
He took his leave, but Mrs. Thorn-
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NDREW and Christine met
A.J.CRONIN
of my ott clothes! P-show those
| smooth doctors a few things!”
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That night Andrew had dinner with Toppy LeRoy and a group of her friends at the Embassy Club,
1
great FROM THAT ilme
arried traits to following day change came over the idealistic carried portraits of. Toppy and a list youth that Andrew
of her guests. Manson hind been. He followed Mrs. Thornton's advice and patronized a fashionable tailor.
Christine, smartly dressed, in the modernialle situng room of their the news saw Toppy's picture and fashionable opartment, glancing at the name of Andrew us one of the guests.
She
Andrew grinned. "How are you going to cure all these wrongs?”- -
"By starting a clinic," said Denny In a rush of Eager words. "A genuine team of doctors. I'll handio surgery.
imaging it was *** "nfortunate," said Dr. Ivory, ahoelc Sorry, Manson, these accident cases are al- ways difficult,"
"You place Richard Stilimah be- aidesuch men?" scoffed-Bodn
"I do. He's done more against tuberculosis than any man living In this country. Those othets are
I have a bacteriologist, an eye, car "Stop talking!" blazed Andrew | grent now because they are dead. and noso
a sudden outburst of anger and They know heartbreak, the ridicule specialist and internal in medicine man, all lined up and crazy bitterness. "You know you killed | anc" hetred of this profession, to get started."
him. You're not a surgeon. You're "Virchow Inughod at Koch- Andrew cocked дл eye. "And the worst butcher I've ever seen." abusc men like Spahlinger and where's the money coming from?"
It recommend that lac of Sullman, who may do more for. "We start out with Eroups of talk, Manson,"
medicine than thousands of men with people, chorgo them a monthly fee-
urse you don't "It's the high degrees. enough for us to live on-”
truth. There was nothing dificult "Oh. you'll never moke that about this. But you dalfied along, work."
with incompetence, and let him dic. "It's working in Los Angeles right You bungled so much it wasn't sur- now."
gery, it was murder!"
"You hysterical fool! You'll heard!"
"The Medical Counel will fight| it."
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be
turned and left The Herrling room in o duze of stunned emotion. where he was going.
He walked the street, not knowing Ultimately he found himself in front of Home. He went in and ordered all of the Sherrington Nursing his patients discharged at once.
"Of course it will! The other doc- tore with 1 lynch us. But we'll ANDREW ifck them. That's why 1 to start it here, in London, where the Aght will be hardest. We'll get a hospital of our own--a small one at arst, but for once the patient will He sent cases to Freddie Parker.
come before the doctor."
"Well, I hope you put it over," to Dr. Ivory, and the other doctors
said Andrew, disinterestedly, to whom Freddle had Introduced him.
"But I need you. too, Andrew, He accepted his cut in the big fees they exac.ed; money came in fast tears came into her eyes.
sat for a moment, stunned, and for chest work. That's why I've enough so that he soon leased new Ater a time she got up and walk- "But look, Denny, I've got n grand office in fashionable Haricy
Street.
rected purposely into the hall and pick-practice, I can't just throw it away. Toppy LeRoy helped him chiboge Ed up the telephone but before she We've had too hard a time," the decorations and the hangings, for could call the number she had in Denny was deeply hurt, but still he was now her regular doctor. mind she heard a key turning in the pleaded: "Won't you reconsider?"
Her father, the patent food king door lock.
"But how can I? Ah, here comes was grateful to Andrew for what he
Mrs. Schmidt with the bortsch and had done for his daughter; he was
chicken paprika." the first doctor whose advice she had ever heeded
She turned to face Andrew as he euered.
He called a nonchalant hello, and
"Miss LeRoy just called."
come"
Toppy LeRoy, in expensive negll- gee, under a sun-tan lamp, he per- want you to ret out of here. You're Bonlly discharged with a brutal: "I perfectly healthy. We only brought you here to get money out of your"
"An honest doctor" exclaimed the young woman, thunder-struck, "AR- drew! Andrew Don't go."
There Arc many great doctors practising fairly, but too many go in for useless money-chasing.
"As a whole, the profession is in- tolerant and amug. We say we'll nl- ter things 'but we don't, regret them. But I made no mistake with Richard Stillman, Look at this patient. I you want any justification for my infamous conduct, there it is." AFTER HIS spirited defence, it not take the Medical Council long to cleni Andrew of the charge against him.
Christine, her eyes moist with п сору happiness, showed Andrew of the plans. for Stillman's clinic.
"I saw Sir Herbert Cranston this of the plans. And ho'll furnish all morning, Andrew, and he approved the money we can't put up. And
he likes the name."
"The name? questioned Andrew. "Yes. I told him we'd like to call -Philip Denny Memorial Clinic.
A-drew looked at his wife, a
it
the
But he was alrendy gone. At the hospital door he met Mrs. Schmidt, Her worried, pleading look told him smile of joy on lits face, the light wuatue in his eyes, ready again to during the rest of the time they; He asked where Mr. Schmidt was. I attack the unknown citadel were together, and soon made on Learnint it was Victorin Hospital he excuse to got away,
said: "Come with me," and strode Andrew Look Caristine for a ride out. in the Vitese to Hampstead Heath
Mrs. Thornton called him to at-/ Christine, as though suddenly mak-ENNY HAD very little to say she had come to him for help. tend her daughter for a bad knocking up her mind, indicated the tele-
phone. on her foot sustained in playing hockey. Unhesitatingly, he advised that the girl be sent to Dr. Ivory.
Dr. Ivory and Freddie Parker put him up for their golf club. and later proposed him for the Sack-/ried about her treatments, 1 suspect. out of the car and sat on a grassyried to Mr. Schmidt's bed in the
ville Club where he would meet many wealthy, prospective patients. His fees, they said, would soon for exceed the club dues
"Really? What did she want?" "To talk to you."
Andrew was very casual. "Wor-
you
the following afternoon. They got nurse at Victoria Hospital and hur
He rode roughshod over the hood
Oh, her father offered me a job to noll in allence.
a quick examina- After a time Christine said softly: Ward and made day as consultant for Cremo pro- ducts
"I'm sorry you had dinner with Miss
tion.
lung should LeRoy. i read about the dinner in "That
have been "Why, only last week
said
the papers."
drained days ago. Cremo was worthles it was one day, while Toppy was
If it isn't done he'll dle at once. "It's as good away of taking
"Oh. Well, I thought you might at his new eflce about the hang-skanmed milk
be hurt that she hadn't asked you," He'll be all right, Mrs. Schmidt, once as any," shrugged ings that she invited him to have Andrew, taking her arm and leaning ask me?"
"Were you hurt that she didn't we get him out of this stinking
hole." dinner with her. without mentioning her to the window. "I have a sur- Christine. He refused but she left!
was plainly irritated. Whatever you say, Doctor," said with an understood promise that he rise for you. See that car? Smart,"Look here. Chris; it was purely Mrs. Schmidt in simple faith. would call her up later.
HA
ȚARDLY HAD she gone when the nurse announced that a Mr. Richard Stillman was there to see him. Andrew became excited;
"Stillmar The American Jung specialist?
"American quack, I notice the
nurse.
the
Basthma at our place in Oregon, and. he seems to think England can use our methods.
Isn't it?"
"Ours?" cried Christine excitedly
At his nod she said, "It's lovely."
"Let's take a ride," Andrew 'sug Gested.
Andrew
business with me-a chance to meet
people. So let's drop it."
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SUICIDE ATTEMPTS
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Heroin, Opium And
The Harbour ·
Three Chinese, attempted to end their lives by taking polson on Sun- day, and were removed to hospitals. Chin Hang who took a dose of heroin, was found lying on the Boor of his cubicle by other inmates of the fat. He was rushed to the Queen Mary Hospital.
After drinking some lysol "Wah Fung-ling, a woman, was taken to the same hospital.
the Kam Chin was conveyed to Kowloon Hospital, suffering from opium poisoning.
(JARNED by the head nurse, Dr. "Yesterday Denny sald you used to Thoroughgood hurried in, pomp- look on medicine as an attack on the ous and spluttering in wrath, ns An- unknown, a uphill attack to take drew and Mrs. Schmidt were get- some citadel you couldn't see."
JUMPED INTO HARBOUR THE DOOR BELL rang as Christine "Denny has nothing to lose in his ting her husband ready for removal.
"You have no right to attend this About 11 p.m. on Saturday, a 63- was putting on her hat. Andrew fantastle scheme. I have a practice
patient without. my approval year-old widow, Mak Lal-tong, opened the door to find Philip Denny to think of. One that makes us have you up before the Medical jumped into the harbour from the
rich." contronting him.
ferry Man Sing, while it was pro- "When
Council, sir!" "Denny!"_he_cried, and they fell
Denny!
"Came in money into each other's arms.
The
ANDREW
we
We
hind scarcely any ...Gel. -out-of-my-way, sald-An-eceding from Yaumati to Hongkong.
"Stop being a neurotic fool!" cried Sis
MERCANTILE
BANK At the annual general meeting of shareholders of the Mercantile Bank' of India Ltd., held recently in Lon- don, a final Dividend of 0% on the "A", "B" and "C" shares was recom- mended (making 12% for the year less Income Tax), that £20,000 be written off Innded and house pro- perty, £30,000 be added to the Con- account, and £177,770 tingency, carried forward to the 1939 account.
SHOP TO BEST ADVANTAGE AT
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Patients seldom camement. and it soon became a problem to raise the needed. money to pay their bill at a nearby delicatessen run by a Mr. Schmidt and his wife, They were quiet and friendly and soon came to take a special interest in the struggling new doctor and on accompanied him into the hall-medical-journals-call-film," said the
were happy. I don't way. She studied him A moment, his attractive young wife, and then asked: "Are you anxious most successful T. B. clinic in the
developed "sonsense! He's
like your not being the Andrew drew, who took Mr. Schmidt up in his! Her body had not been found, but her handbag was later found on the Come in! Where have you been?"
"Doing sixteen operations a day Manson I married. Oli, Andrew, arms and strode out followed by Mrs.
Schmidt.
launch. even sending them an occasional to make a success as a doctor?”
The In the slums of Leeds! Why, Chris-don't you see! Don't go on telling
took Schmidt to Richard patient to have a boil lanced, an
"But, of course," he replied, em-world. Show him in at once.
yourselt!" tine, you are prettler than ever!" patients can wait.” barrassed.
Bellevue Hospital Just ingrowing toenail treated or
Sullman was.a forciful, alive man He grabbed her by the arms and "Then take a ears pierced for car-rings, And
a woman's advice and who said he had been promising him looked at her, and then about the Andrew, furious. "Can't you try outside London, having telephoned
me. instead of a to Stillman. The operating to be a help to
room the Schmidts were always will you good tailor. And don't give up self for a long time the pleasure of apartment le
iş a very grand
nic every was nagging
ready, and Andrew gave the inc of treatment on ay calling upon the author of "Dust in-place. This well-dressed gentleman hindrance,
anaesthetic ing to wait for payment of their account. I foreste you making it a halation in Silicosis" and its effects is Dr. Marison isn't it?"
minute"
while Stillman drained "1 haven't nagged you," said and collapsed the patient's lung, bill.
erasbang success."
on the lungs,
prosperous Dr. Manson,"
Christine gently, deeply hurt. "Tvel Dr. Thoroughgood made good his Andrew grew discouraged at In the lobby he ran into Fredille
"Un, I I say! That is nice of you!" said Andrew. "And he prescribes a
wanted to speak before, but the few patients and the meta-Dr. Parker's
threat and a short time later An- Parker, Aler mutual greetings, and "1 hardly expected to find you in drink."
haven't
drew was cited to appear before the surprise at of his income. "Be Andrew in London
seeing Harley Street. It's too bad that one "Sorry, I'm a regular lime-julcer. greness
"Then don't do it now!" You act General Medical Council. Thorough- hut subsided, who showed such original promise Surgery and alcohol don't mix. patient.
I was some kind of dirty crook, good- and his head nurse stated their darling," counselled 'Parker asked: "Who's your patent; in that work couldn't go on with it." came for a talk with you-a pro-it i want money, it's only a means case against Andrew without con- Christine. "Who was it want "I don't know Miss LeRoy, I Yes.
suppose so." sald Andrew, pasillon."
fo an end. I've had enough of be-tradiction. Andrew, when asked if believe."
feeling a
a Huile guilty, "but doctors "It can wall See that new Vitestine a lave-not! Don't ever mention he had any witnesses, said he had rounded by humanity-to work patent food king's daughter!
"Ass LeRoy? Why, she's the must Lee, you know. What brings down there? We're just going to try this nonsense to me again! Come not, but at that point Silliman, who
it. Come along." you to England? for fees instead of a salary and say, you're doing all right by your
on. let's go home."
had just entered with Christine and "Your Sir Herbert Cranston has "A new Vitèse? You don't sound
As they got out of the litt on Mr. Schmidt, said: "Here in wit- become the best doctor in Lon-sent You and your missus must built me a small clinic in the country like the bloke who helped me blow their floor they found Phillip Denny, ness for Dr. Monson!" tion?"
came for dinner with us. How about outside London. We cured him of up that sewer."
quite drunk, walling outside their Schmidt, still weak but un tre au-morrow at seven?"
door.
rond to recovery, stated: "I am the "We'd love to, Freddit."
"Denny: Were you waiting for patient in this case. AND Christine took
In the hospitalHE girl arrived at his door asking!
hair ald friend to the Schmidts us?'
1 was very sick-near dead," Dr. Denny
looked up dully. "The Thoroughguod does nothing. So, my him to come with her at once to A number of doctors at the Parkers
con papriku in all England." prosperous delicatessen for "the best bortech and
Manson? Ah, Laurier's dress
wife gets Dr. Manson, our old friend. shop around the corner.
all of them fashionable and suc-
I've been walling to say something, He does what is right. And well, QI-KWAN BLDG. DESVŒEUX RD.C. Andrew ordered a table.
"couldn't quite say if sober. At look at me." 11 proved a mementous visit for cessful. Their talk was mainly about
"We'll fix our own hors d'oeuvres."
"Did you "I intended to be a lawyer, but He went about the shop, peering into Bloenelly you had hope in your eyes Andrew. In the dress show room of patients, sending each other cases, of
T. D. fascinated me. I drifted into; the fashionable shop a young woman: Letting big fers.
Charles Ivory, who was quite Dr.
ed to be removed from was lying on the floor, rigid, con-i
selt. "Ah, Mrs. Schmidt, these you a microscope, not just to make unnecessary."
pickles taste just the same ns ever," you a gift, but because it stood for from here cre
his card, suggesting that I would be throat.
What are you concentrat Ah, Doctor, we
are so proud of the things you believed in. There Hospital?" asked Boon, the prose
"No. am too sick to ask." The employees were crowded about a pleasaire to see a case with himing on here?"
your success, Mr., Schmidt talks will always be mean souls in this cuting solleltor.
Boor presented a strong case for her.
ordered them from the, any time. Andrew
"A new method of collapsing the about it so often. We knew you'd world. It hurts more deeply than you'll ever know when a friend in- Andrew was out of
sorts which lung. I thought it would interest get ahond."
Dr. Thoroughgood, concluding by room, all except a woman addressed
creases their number. Good-bye." as Mrs. Thornton, whom he under- they got home and prepared for bed, you. It's a great advance over the
"Where is Mr. Schmidt?"
He turned from them and walked using Andrew if he had anything stood to be the sister of the patient. He answered Christine's statements Emile-Well system."
"In Victoria Hospital-in a ward, unsteadly to the lift,
"I have nothing to say," he re- Picking the woman up in his arms, about the nice time they had had,
The nurse Interrupted to guy that Some trouble with his chest. We
plied dully. Lady Farritins was still waiting and couldn't afford a nursing home." Andrew placed her in a chalt and with the politeness of resentment,
were Andrew and Christine whisnered carneally to gave her a resounding smack across "Dr. Ivory seems so nice-he
"Victoria's a good place. Who's CCARCELY looking after him?"
Chelathe inside their apartment him, pleading: "But, Andrew, you've ene cheek. She stopped making the bubbles," Christine remarked, fairly that Dr. Parker and called. Siliman
189; up. "Ivory! I'd like to see him, or crowing noises and her rolling eyes
"see you are very busy,
"He's a good man.”
when there came to them a sudden not to fight! For yourself! For Mr. steadied themselves into Paited Dr. Freadman or Freddie tackle a better be off, but I'd like a real talk
"Of course, when my husband got burs! of excitement in the street, Stillman! and for Denny." stare at his face.
trachico.omy in a bluck kitchen in with you sometime."
erale streaming, followed by nuto slek. we.. we didn't like to come
ENNY'S NAME stirred Andrew A slap on the other check brought Celon Row-or amputate an arm in "I'm awfully sorry, I'm always to you, knowing how busy you are.srens. Christine went to the win-
into action and he was on his her out of the attack of hysteria and; a. mine with the root falling down!"swamped during consultation hours." but if you could ...
neeldent. An-reet." "There's been an Come out and see our place some- she appealed to her sister to take her indeed they wouldn't get far,
"Look!" exclaimed Andrew. "My
drew. It
Technically I .. It looks like Denny)"
am guilty of the time. I'll show you our apparatus." home.
favourite liptauer! Remeinber?" "You seemed to like their talk, Sorry," said Andrew, "but it was
was Denny, Ile had stopped in charges against me. I did those in- "Ach, yes, of course I remember,"
mitomobile. Andrew famous things to save a human life. the only way. Let her cry it out. You've always had time to read and
sald Mrs. Schmidt softly, gazing at front of an
ordered him sent She'll be all right in a few minutes." to go into the subjects they talked FREDDIE PARKER came in Andrew with tears in her eyes.
to the Layton The patient was receiving incom- but Siman left, grently elated over "I think you ought to see her about when it was anyth.g
"Don't worry. He'll be all right. Ilame, and telephoned to Dr. Ivory petent treatment. He was
An operation I took him to Mr. Stillman be home," said Mrs. Thornton with a making money out
Tiisle to go there, at once. of medicine.completing the deal for the Sherring Chris, liptauer Remember? diny smile.
You've got to have them I suppose ton vursing Home In Lantion, In that, Denny," He sat down of the was performed by Ivory, with An-cause his work here and in America + drew assisting. He watched Ivory has proved that he In one of the Ungraciously, he allowed himself to help you endure living with met which Andrew was interested along table with them. lo be persuaded. In the taxi heI'm too dull for you!!!
"You know, Andrew, I came here working with maddening slowness, best men in the world for this type case. He's on origingfor-a cab "Andrew, how found the girl, whose name he had
you?" She He wanted Andrew to go with him with a medical idon to put to you, tried to hurry him on for Denny's of
on a first official visit to the Home. but the alt's so full of golden heart-beat was growing fainter and thinker." learned, was Toppy LeRoy, examin-turned a pitcous face to him.
"You knew he was not a dector? "It's true, isn't it? You're sick of Andraw gave Instructions to the guineas I'm rimost afraid to speak. Jalower. curiously,
"I'm afraid.. he seems to be asked Boon. nurse about the waiting pallents and will you listen now?” gave them something to think me." about, didn't I?" ulic
"Louis Pasteur," snapped Andrew, smiled: "I} You know I'm not sick of you. left. He found the other doctors in- To you? Of course. Sound off" going," "eld the anaesthetist.
Andrew called for n hype, plunged "the greatest figure In-scientific I love you, and I'll never love any-terested in the Home very much ex-
"I'm Blekk
antiquated,! of the simply went wild.” -
was not a doctor. Nor cited about it. Their talk again was crooked and unjust methods In-the needle into Denny's arm, then medicine, "A very bad ense of hysteria," said one else." Andrew. "What brought it on?"
物 ew fairly snarled as he shook about their patients, how long they dulged in by ment of our honoured searched his face for indication of was "Oh, just a dress I'd ordered; his pajamas in her face: "I'll show Louia ictcp them in the Home and colleagues their feo spittings, un-returning life.
"I'm afraid he's gone," said the remedy in its history. Nor Hanking; WHOLESALE & GENERAL OFFICE 22338) "They'd got it completely wrong, and yout I'm through with being treated what whopping fees they could get necessary. examinations, treatments
anaesthetist.
nor Mothnikoff." I was just about sick of it anyway?" 11.ko a poor relation, stored at because to split.
"That's splendid. But watch out for the Medical Council. How does it happen you've never taken medical degree?"
tell Dr. Thoroughgood
Victoria
vulsed, strange crowing noises issuing taken with Christne, gave Andrew my present work. A degree seemed boxes, barrels and jars, helping him-and courage in your heart, I gave you wanted another doctor? Want-
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