APPENDICITIS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1747, 12 May 1906, Page 3

APPENDICITIS.

VIEWS OF MEDICAL EKPERT3,

(Per Press Association.) Wellington, last night,

Disonssing appendicitis with a Post reporter a medioal expert dec'ared that during the last year there wore fifty operations for appendicitis at the Weiiington Public Hospital, with two deaths, and these cceurred because the malady had been left too loDg before the patients were brought to the institution. They were not result of the opetatioos. So far this year the operations had gone at about the same rate. The g<e»t majority of the oases treated last year bad been previously attacked, and the patients were fairly 1 sound, but about a third of them had been in the aoute stage. Wnilo patients were in this condition operations were uot per formed, exoept when they were absolutely required in the endeavor to save lile. D ao operation was performed after an attack bad passed off there was practically no danger, but there was very cf en a considerable amount of danger if the operation had to be done while the at'aek was od. Tnere was nothing abnormal in the present number of oases. Tnere was no daunt that ten or fifteen years ago, be fore appendicitis was recognistd, la-g r numbers of people diet from peritooitis than DOW. Tee great danger of appendicitis Was in setting up general peritonitis, and therefore came tae advieableuess ul timely remedial inoa-urt-s. Ano her expert said turns an operetta! for appe-idictsi-, if dail-s nef.jre infi »muoatioa bad tboroughly -o- in, w.s a simplone, but the d .nger if allowing the evil Bn run to pus was very, vny gtea f . Ceitainly if an operation was avoided, and tbab'Cesi burst inside, toe person was bound t-0 die. There W(ts i-o case oo record wber« a recovery had beun made from that condition.