- The Three Army Surgeons
"The Three Army Surgeons" (KHM 118 ,"Die drei Feldscherer") is a
Brothers Grimm fairy tale about 3 travelingarmy surgeon s who perform surgery on themselves to impress aninnkeeper . After removing the organs, they will put them back in the morning. One cuts off hishand , one cuts out hisheart and one removes his owneye s. During the night a girl working at the inn has a visit from her lover, asoldier . She gives him some food from the cupboard that is holding the organs. Thecat comes and takes the organs. After seeing the organs gone, she tells the soldier. He goes to the gallows and cuts the correct hand off athief and brings it to her. He then gets the heart of apig and eyes of a cat. In the morning the doctors re-attach the missing members using asalve they carry with them. After going on the road again one doctor could not see with his reinstalled eyes and had the others guide him. Another doctor started rooting around in the dirt. When they reached another inn the third doctor found he could not help stealing. After traveling back to the original inn they found the girl had fled seeing their approach. They threatened to burn down the inn unless the innkeeper makereparation s. He paid them enough to retire, though they still wanted their original organs back.In modern fiction
Doctor Swineheart in the "Fables"
comic book is one of the three surgeons. He boasts about being the bestfield surgeon in the world.
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