WELL, THE ATTIC WAS FULL:

A hospital scandal stirs the French (John Tagliabue, AUGUST 4, 2005, The New York Times)

The French health authorities have discovered the remains of more than 350 stillborn infants and fetuses that were stored illegally in the morgue of a prominent children's hospital, some for more than two decades, according to health officials.

The mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoë, described the discovery as being "as surreal as it is illegal."

The government has ordered a preliminary investigation into the discovery, at the Saint-Vincent-de-Paul Hospital in south Paris, said the minister of health, Xavier Bertrand, describing himself as "enormously shocked."

Give Mr. Bertrand his winnings.

Posted by Orrin Judd at August 4, 2005 12:00 AM