PEDIATRICS Vol. 93 No. 5 May 1994, pp. A36
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HOW MANY SUTURES?

When you see a patient whose wound has been treated by a Spanish doctor, it will have two sutures, since in Spain doctors are paid by treating the wound. An Austrian doctor would have put in six sutures, and the Belgian doctor would have put in as many sutures as he could, as they are paid by the number of sutures.