1880: Philly surgeon and soldier duel with pistols over fashion statement
http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/real-time/1880-Philly-surgeon-and-soldier-duel-with-pistols-over-fashion-statement.html [www.philly.com]
2016-12-05 00:45
White, a University of Pennsylvania medical school graduate, felt the drab clinical ensemble befitted the duties of a military preacher, and not the practice of a surgeon.
Adams, also a Penn alumnus but on the business school side, said the regular surgeon’s attire was good enough for White to wear. The military uniform, he added, was too harsh for a doctor.
Only one way to settle a dispute like this.