Can I Show You How My Eye Falls Out of My Head Doc?

My Dad, Dr. Jack Kamen, was, during the 1950's and '60's a general practitioner in a raucous, rough, and ethnically mixed section of Indiana Harbor, Indiana. He then became an anesthesiologist and Director of an Intensive Care Unit at a Gary hospital system. When I came of age and melded with guests at home and at functions, I was privy to his "this is what happened" stories. From the woman whose perfectly healthy eye fell out of her head to the goings on at the neighborhood house of prostitution, Dad was/is never embarrassed by their somewhat graphic content because "this is as it was,” and patient privacy was scrupulously protected. These, then, are the most “how-could-this-have-happened” snippets from his professional life as a general practitioner, jointly written. They were most entertaining to his listeners through the years, and we are quite sure they will be just as amusing to you.