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On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 1:21 PM, Hewitt Schlereth
 wrote:
> Yes, the trephining of Joe Plaice takes place on the deck of the Sophie,
> Jack's first command. It's referred to many times in the course of the
> series - more and more luridly at each repetition - almost as often as his
> quip that dog watches are so called because they are "curtailed." Later, in
> The Far Side of the World, a doctor is all set to trephine a comatose
> Stephen when Stephen sneezes and wakes up.

More specifically, it is the Gunner, Mr Day, who undergoes the
trephine aboard the Sophie.  Joe Plaice's turn is aboard Surprise in
Far Side of the World, several chapters before Dr Maturin barely
escapes the procedure.

Don Seltzer

   

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