THE KING'S RECOVERY.
A REMARKABLE CASE. (Special to "The Guardian.") AUCKLAND. March 17. Mr Percy Furnival, formerly a consulting surgeon to the London Hospital, where he was associated with Lord Dawson (the King's physician/, returned by the Toi'ua from tin? Pacific Islands to complete his New Zealand holiday. He said that the Kings recovery from illness was remarkable as he was considered to be practically dead lor thirty-six hours'. Those best a bin to judge thought that his Majesty would not recover. . Mr Furnival said that he nad inker, the place of Sir Frederick Treves (who operated on King Edward for appendicitis) at London Hospital. That noted surgeon held the opinion that five days should elapse before an appendicitis operation, but when Sir Frederick s daughter contracted that compiamt she.'Vas operated on within thirty-six hours and died. , . "The surgeon's dilemma, remarked Mr Furnival jocularly, "was to devise some means to make the appendix grow a"-ain, with a view to nipping it oil, to solve an economic problem ol the profession.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 51, Issue 133, 18 March 1931, Page 3
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