Genre:

Illustration, Drollery

Relevant illustrations:

wdct.

Illustrators:

D M *

Subjects:

Medical Practitioners, Medical Treatment, Anaesthetics, Gender

    In a hospital, Dr Evangeline, a female practitioner, asks Mr Sawyer whether he is busy tomorrow afternoon, for she has an amputation to perform. Mr Sawyer agrees to do the operation for her but Dr Evangeline points out that she only wants him to 'administer the chloroform'.