Here is a story of Gen. Leonard Wood, told by a Boston physician in the
New York _Times_:
One day an infant was brought in suffering from membranous
croup. The case was so far advanced that any delay would almost
certainly result in death for the little one. Dr. Wood did
not hesitate a moment. He began to work at once, carefully,
fearlessly, promptly, and successfully. Five minutes later,
and while both mother and patient were still in the room, the
surgeon who should have had the case according to rule, walked
in. The young doctor (Wood) explained, but would not apologize,
as he was asked to do. He had done right, and he was not going
to tell any man he was sorry for it, he said. The result was
that he was first suspended, and then dismissed. And I call that
courage. (Text.)
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