The following paragraph appeared recently in _The Medical Record_
(New York):
Because of the opposition of his parents to the operation,
surgeons of the County Hospital of Chicago were compelled to
obtain an order from the court directing the amputation of the
arm of a fourteen-year-old boy recently. Gangrene following a
fracture made the operation necessary, but neither the boy nor
his parents would consent.
Sometimes it is legitimate to do a man good against his will.
(209)