May 1960 Journal me at night. He suggested I see Dr. Kelly after my return from the shway when the hand had swollen further he more or less forced me to. To make a long story short the Dr. decided it was infected & that it had to be opened. The operation was done at 7 that evening with local anesthesia & was finished in time for me to see the picture "Light Hand of God". The operation was painless but tiring, largely because I was sitting in an icon folding their during it & because a messine tourniquet was put on my arm to reduce blood flow. The latter was a most uncomfortable device & I was hugely relieved when it was taken off. I was as relieved in fact that I took it off while the Dr. was finishing the bandage. The hand throbbled during the evening but not badly. Dec 27 Cape Ballett, Antarctica. I woke up at 8:30 or 20 after a refreshing sleep. Don Douglas had given me a sleeping pill & then plus the colisine (?) raspivin the Dr. gave me allowed me to sleep all night. There was no pain at all in my hand when I woke. The hand was healed, irrigated & rebankeded in the morning. I am supposed