eight in the morning
People who had gone wrong in their heads would be brought to her by their desperate friends and relatives . If she only would help them out . She did usually , although heaven knew that she was but one little woman to so many brains , and as she worked chiefly under God 's guidance , anyway , she had to conserve her strength . However , she operated steadily from eight in the morning until eight at night with only a light lunch in between -- possibly only a water cracker . She saw herself in the operating room with her rubber gloves and her knives . There was a hazy cloud of white-robed nurses and distinguished surgeons who , attracted from all over the world , had come to see her miracles for themselves . A form was on the table , with head shaved .