Wanted—Roderick Randoms
Anon
Genre: | News-Commentary, |
Subjects: | Medical Practitioners, Status, Medical Treatment, War, Surgery |
Institutions mentioned: | Royal Navy |
Discusses an alarming report in The Times that the alarmingly low number of assistant-surgeons in the Black Sea fleet is due to the exclusion of such personnel from the officers' mess. Warns that the low status accorded assistant-surgeons will only encourage incompetent practitioners. |
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