A. Stewart MacDonald DEC, M.D. CHM. 
     
    
   
   
    
     was no trouble in bending the legs to 90 degrees. 
     
    

    
     X-rays and electrocardiograms were a great help in 
     
     assessing chest diseases and heart trouble. 
     
    

    
     One group of veterans who never caused any 
     
     problems were the amputees. They were graded according 
     
     to where the amp took place; they all seemed to concur 
     
     with the commission ruling. 
     
    

    
     One of my most pleasant veterans was the 
     
     Honourable Dan MacDonald. Even his getting the 
     
     appointment as Minister of Veterans Affairs did not make 
     
     any change. I often think of him as one ”who walked with 
     
     kings and had the common touch.” One of the nurses was 
     
     standing in line at the Agricultural Experimental Farm 
     
     to view Queen Elizabeth when she visited the city. When 
     
     the Hon. Dan, who was a Minister of the crown at the 
     
     time, was passing that nurse in the crowd, he said "Hi,” 
     
     and called her by name. She came from the area he was 
     
     from. Hon. Dan’s high seat in the government did not go 
     
     to his head. When they had a State Funeral for him at the 
     
     Basilica in Charlottetown, the DVA employees were given 
     
     passes to get into the church and were given a number of 
     
     reserved seats in the back of the church. All the higher-ups, 
     
     including Trudeau, Clark, and other MP5 from Ottawa, 
     
     were at the front. When I showed my pass at the door, I 
     
     was escorted to the front with the mourners. 
     
    

    
     I had one veteran who caused more trouble than 
     
     all the rest combined. He used to call me at home after 
     
     midnight, asking for drugs. One stormy day in the winter 
     
     when only the secretary and I were able to get to the 
     
     office through the rough weather conditions, he came in, 
     
     saying that he had a sore eye. It looked all right, but since 
     
     Dr. Lantz had previously warned me about the danger of 
     
     acute glaucoma and had shown me how to test roughly for 
     
     the pressure of this condition by pressing the eye lid, I 
     
    
   
   
    
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