Who was Dr Sadao? Where was his house?
Dr. Sadao was a famous surgeon and a scientist because he was perfecting a discovery which would render wounds entirely clean. His house was built on a spot of the Japanese coast. The low, square stone house was set upon rocks well above a narrow beach that was outlined with bent pipes.
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