Perhaps this has been covered somewhere in the vast expanses of the Tighar web site, but in case it hasn’t, here is
a link to a memoir that includes a brief account of a meeting with Dr. Hoodless, of the bones measurements fame.
The author died not too long ago. It's a shame the opportunity to reach out to him was missed.
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* a book description, which I think is by the author himself: “A collection of vignettes some humorous, some sad. But all are true. Well, perhaps embellished. They relate the author's experiences as a medical student, intern, World War II Naval Medical Officer, and more than fifty years as an orthopaedic surgeon.”