Please Return

Hospital appointment card.

Patient: Mr. Lewis Dutcher
Hosp. No. 20652
Please return to the
Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital
to see Doctor Pollock
on Thurs. Sept 19, 1957 at 2:30 PM

Found in "The Spanish-Cape Mystery" by Ellery Queen. Published by Triangle Books, 1939.

7 comments:

  1. LOL. The guy on the cover was obviously beyond returning except for the dead.

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  2. glad you printed publication date. I thought that was an Art Deco cover. Great design on the book.

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  3. I love this blog - just found it.

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  4. I hope Lewis didn't forget his follow-up!

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  5. Okay, so I want to know if he showed up for the appointment.

    Or maybe he's still sitting in the waiting room and the doc is slow.

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  6. Hope he remembered the appointment.

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  7. Absolutely amazing, I know Dr. Pollock and he is still in Cooperstown, although long since retired! I'll have to ask him if the fellow ever showed...

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