I saw my first operation at the age of nine and got half a guinea for it. It was an operation for appendictis. My father was very relieved that I did not fall over backwards at the sight of blood.
我第一次看開刀是在九歲的時候，父親作盲腸手術，手術後父親見我沒有被大流血嚇昏過去，很是欣慰，還給了半個 guinea（約十先令）作賞金。