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Eve Drewelowe's journals, volumes II-III, 1950s
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"I was thinking about shoving off in the morning, but now I am undecided and shall have to see. I do want to see Dr Gray before I leave." When I saw Dr Rivers that afternoon, I told him I was thinking of leaving in the morning, but I also wanted to see Dr Gray first, and asked him, "what I should do." He very finely and emphatically made answer as I hoped he would "You have to see Dr Gray before you leave, and then you must repeat back to me that it is all right with Dr Gray that you be dismissed - and then only do you get to go." The following afternoon I went early to see Dr Gray, on the chance that he would not make me wait until five for an interview. Later I was very thankful that I had seen him that afternoon before leaving, because that very morning I had begun daily bile -emesis which was to be troublesome for several months. I told Dr Gray of it and he questioned me rather closely. In the months to come I should have been really worried if I had not talked to him of it then. In the sick room around surgery, that man is a soothing, calm presence. He commands respect and cooperation. I also recognize him as a personality, taut as a finely tuned fiddlestring, ready to vibrate at the slightest touch. he is two personalities really - the one, tense, alert, quick, with the utmost nicety in dexterity; the other soothing, serene, tranquil, quieting. I suppose it takes a combination of these two personalities, to forge a great surgeon. He entirely is a foremost one and I would rather trust my precious stomach to a Gray blindfolded, than to anyone else not so handicapped. In a surprisingly short while I was shown to Dr Gray's office and he came right in. During the ensuing conversation I remarked, "If my stomach doesn't come out all right, it will be through no fault of yours. YOu may have taken out several links of my stomach and duodenum, but after all you didn't change
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"I was thinking about shoving off in the morning, but now I am undecided and shall have to see. I do want to see Dr Gray before I leave." When I saw Dr Rivers that afternoon, I told him I was thinking of leaving in the morning, but I also wanted to see Dr Gray first, and asked him, "what I should do." He very finely and emphatically made answer as I hoped he would "You have to see Dr Gray before you leave, and then you must repeat back to me that it is all right with Dr Gray that you be dismissed - and then only do you get to go." The following afternoon I went early to see Dr Gray, on the chance that he would not make me wait until five for an interview. Later I was very thankful that I had seen him that afternoon before leaving, because that very morning I had begun daily bile -emesis which was to be troublesome for several months. I told Dr Gray of it and he questioned me rather closely. In the months to come I should have been really worried if I had not talked to him of it then. In the sick room around surgery, that man is a soothing, calm presence. He commands respect and cooperation. I also recognize him as a personality, taut as a finely tuned fiddlestring, ready to vibrate at the slightest touch. he is two personalities really - the one, tense, alert, quick, with the utmost nicety in dexterity; the other soothing, serene, tranquil, quieting. I suppose it takes a combination of these two personalities, to forge a great surgeon. He entirely is a foremost one and I would rather trust my precious stomach to a Gray blindfolded, than to anyone else not so handicapped. In a surprisingly short while I was shown to Dr Gray's office and he came right in. During the ensuing conversation I remarked, "If my stomach doesn't come out all right, it will be through no fault of yours. YOu may have taken out several links of my stomach and duodenum, but after all you didn't change
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