A Change of Methods
While the Crown Prince Frederick William was dedicating a chapel of the University at Halle, he noticed among the students drawn up in line, one whose face was a mass of scars. Turning to Dr. Volkman, the well-known surgeon, he said, jovially: “That head gave you a lot of mending to do!”
“Ah, your Royal Highness,” answered the man of science, “that sort of thing we sew only by machine now!”