Massachusetts Surgical Journal Magazine
There are a total of 120 magazines + 1 book to collect in Fallout 4. Each magazine grants the player additional perks when read, or unlock certain benefits. Some of those perks can have multiple ranks, with the rank increasing each time the player reads the new magazine.
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Every issue of The Massachusetts Surgical journal you collect adds a slight increase to enemy limb damage.
You've collected an issue of The Massachusetts Surgical Journal!
Permanently inflict +2% limb damage.
In total there are nine editions of The Massachusetts Surgical journal: "Happy Sedation Special", "Let's Play Doctor!", "Better Living Through Chems", "Cryo-Technology: Haven or Tomb?", "Raised By Robots", "Pay Now, Get Better Later!!", "Finding Your Funny Bone", "Scars Are Cool!" and "Er Nurses Confess All".
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Issue: "Scars Are Cool!". In Director's Room of Cambridge Polymer Labs. |
Director's room is master-locked. To get the key, you have to complete Cambridge Polymer Labs quest.
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Issue: "ER Nurses Confess All". The second floor of Medford Memorial Hospital. |
On the table inside the advance-locked room.
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Issue: "Cryo-Technology: Haven or Tomb". Inside the advance-locked room at the Greater Mass Blood Clinic. |
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Issue: "Happy Sedation Special". Inside a sealed locker in the Sandy Coves Convalescent Home. |
To get access to the locker, you need to hack a nearby terminal (novice).
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Issue: "Let's Play Doctor!". In a lab in the basement of the Parsons State Insane Asylum. |
To enter the building, you must complete a series of quests. The first quest in the series is Special Delivery quest.
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Issue: "Finding Your Funny Bone". The book terminal in the Boston Public Library. |
The best way to get Book Return Tokens is to find Overdue Books. Each book is worth 5 tokens. The best areas to check for books are schools.
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Issue: "Better Living Through Chems". The top foor bedroom in the Cabot House. |
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Issue: "Pay Now, Get Better Later!!". In the Greenetech Genetics. |
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Issue: "Raised By Robots". In the underground part of the Med-Tek Research. |
To get access to that part of the facility, you have to override containment lockdown. You would be able to do this during Long Road Ahead quest.
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