15 May
Dear Philip
Whiile in Hong Kong, I read your interesting book Remembered Vignettes. Thanks for it.
You might recall a story about Milroy Paul.
He frequently had hydrocoeles, hernias, hydrocoeles and more hernias, and his attendant who was used to these started preparing the underworld of the patient on the table.
But the case was one of a goitre.
So Paul yelled at the man (I forget his name Lewis?)
Oya boley newei, Uda boley miniho
cheers
Chubby
Extracts from the book shown above.
Milroy Paul lives fondly in our memories.
1.Once
as a medical student Professor Bibile was cycling along Kynsey Rd on
the way to the operating theatre D, late to be in the theatre by
8.00am.
Milroy travelled in his car the same way and as he overtook Bibile, peeped out and shouted ‘ You are fired!’
Not
to be out done, Bibile cycled hard and was in the theatre by the time
Milroy could park, put on theatre boots contained in the car and get to
the theatre! (He carried his own boots).
Bibile’s ‘fire’ was extinguished!
Milroy enjoyed such happenings!
2.
In the op theatre, ready to operate on the elbow of the patient lying
on the table, he found the attendant lifting the patient’s leg
mistakenly, thinking the knee was the site instead of the elbow.
Milroy shouted ‘ Uda danissa miniho, uda danissa!’
Source Matron Carmen Tissera when she was a student nurse.
jksw |
| Published 2008 by Bay Owl Press - ISBN 978-955-1723-02-6 |
