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| | TIME.com: New Orleans Hospital -- Apr. 15, 1940 -- Page 1 |
 | | Founded in 1737 by a wealthy French sailor, Charity is one of the oldest general hospitals in the U. Its troubles began in 1928 when Huey Long kicked out the old director, appointed in his place Surgeon Arthur Vidrine, a promising young man scarcely out of medical school. |
 | | When Huey was shot, Dr. Vidrine operated on him, against the advice of some more conservative surgeons. |
 | | After Huey's death, an unfair cloud of suspicion drove Dr. Vidrine from Charity, and in 1936 he was succeeded by Dr. George Sam Bel, a courtly Creole. |
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