![]() The other nurse imagined herself to be in love with Dr. She hated, however, the ridiculous name of Wilbur, and took offense at the silliness of combining a word like Wilbur with something as substantial as a tree. His name was Wilbur Larch, which, except for the scent of ether that always accompanied him, reminded one of the nurses of the tough, durable wood of the coniferous tree of that name. The doctor, who was also the director of the boys’ division, was not a religious man circumcision was not a rite with him-it was a strictly medical act, performed for hygienic reasons. Cloud’s were circumcised because the orphanage physician had experienced some difficulty in treating uncircumcised soldiers, for this and for that, in World War I. In those days (in 192_), all boys born at St. ![]() Cloud’s, Maine-two nurses were in charge of naming the new babies and checking that their little penises were healing from the obligatory circumcision. ![]() In the hospital of the orphanage-the boys’ division at St. ![]()
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