STATE OF THE RIVERS.
All the Canterbury fishing rivers were reported yesterday as being dirty.
ARTIFICIAL MOUTH
A remarKauie sequel to a marvellous surgical operation described at an inquest at Birmingham a few weeks ago. It was performed by Dr. Mornson, at Queen's Hospital, Birmingham, on a man named Charles Endall, who had been suffering from a stricture of the gullet, caused by his taking sulphuric acid in mistake for whiskey. The man's throat having been closed, a new permanent mouth was opened in
1 his side, through which he was fed by means of a tube. Endall gained I weight, and was able to leave the hos- • pital, but had given -way to drink, and died from exhaustion.
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13683, 17 March 1910, Page 6
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