GILLIAN BOARDMAN WAS CONSIDERED professionally competent as a nurse; she was judged competent in wider fields by the bachelor internes and she was judged harshly by some other women.  There was no harm in her and her hobby was men.  When the grapevine carried the word that there was a patient in special suite K-12 who had never laid eyes on a woman in his life, she did not believe it.  When detailed explanation convinced her, she resolved to remedy it.  She went on duty that day as floor supervisor in the wing where Smith was housed.  As soon as possible she went to pay a call on the strange patient.