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OPERATION IN EASTsAND HE STILL LIVES(Preston News Service) PITTSBURGH Pa. Sept. 29—People throughout the country will be interested to know that Prof. F. R. Davis, aged 78 years, successfully underwent a serious operation in one of Pittsburgh’s hospitals a few weeks ago. and is able to be out again. On account ! of his advanced age many friends advised Prof. Davis that he would not be able to stand the operation. But Prof. Davis said that he had suffered for years with his malady, and would rather try to stand an operation than to go on suffering. The chief surgeon said that Prof. Davis had one of the most remarkable constittuions of any man he had ever operated on.Prof. Davis says that he has tried to get surgeons in various parts of the country to perform the operation, but all would tell his that they felt he !• would not be able to stand the opera-* Prof. Davis is * founder of the Sher-!• min Institute for Negroes at -Huntsville, Alabama, and at present is president of *the institution. He spends his summers in the North raising funds among hip many white friends for the maintenance of the school.
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Phoenix Tribune
Phoenix, Arizona, US
Sat, Sep 30, 1922
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