A Mechanical Surgeon


A VALIANT sailor, that had lost his leg formerly in the wars, was

nevertheless, for his great prudence and courage, made captain of a

ship; and being in the midst of an engagement, a cannon bullet took off

his wooden supporter, so that he fell down. The seamen immediately

called out for a surgeon. Confound you all, said he, no surgeon, no

surgeon,--a carpenter! a carpenter!



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