Fearing that he might be experiencing post-operative shock, she reported the problem to the doctor. The doctor calmly explained that the bump was real—the medical team had run out of anesthetic halfway through the operation.
The article then tells another humorous hospital story about Thomas Merrick, a medical student who worked at a butcher shop during the day and as a hospital orderly at night to pay his tuition.
One night, Thomas entered an elderly woman’s room to prepare her for surgery. Recognizing him from the butcher shop, she panicked and screamed, “God save me! It’s the butcher!”
