Word: bergeres
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Anent the recent discussion in TIME as to who is the post-mortem champion of the U. S. (TIME, Oct. 17), I have been waiting for someone to nominate Dr. Adolphus Berger, post-mortem surgeon for the County of San Francisco...
Testifying here recently at a manslaughter trial, Dr. Berger declared he had, within the past five and one-half years, conducted "more than 10,000 post-mortems...
Astounded, the defense attorney asked Dr. Berger: "Do you know how many that means you have averaged for each day in that period...
...replied Dr. Berger unabashed, "more than five...
When Lydersen is given a post office promotion over Berger's head, in deep chagrin Berger gets himself transferred to Oslo. After years of desperate loneliness he chums up with a man who turns out to be Rognaas, the only man ever to take his side. At the height of their intense friendship Rognaas confesses that he was one of the bandits; his story absolves Berger of any taint of cowardice. But Berger cannot tell on his friend, even to justify himself to the whole world. Instead, he hits on a plan to justify himself to Lydersen, his chief...