At one time, operations outside the hospital were not uncommon.
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Abstract
Before World War II, it was not uncommon for a person with influenza caused by streptococcus to develop empyema. Retired surgeon Harry Morton recalls two well-known patients who had empyema-related operations outside the hospital.