→John felt sick as he stared down at the limp figure on the improvised operating table. The operation was such a simple thing—with the correct equipment and staff. The anesthetic, the incision, the sutures and clamps, the scalpels, the forceps, the swabs, the brilliant lights and attentive nurses. Then the removal of the inflamed organ, the cleansing, the tying, sewing and final dressing. A. few hours' work, less than that, followed by ten days hospitalization. As simple as having a tooth removed, as blowing a nose, as trimming an inconvenient toenail.