A NEW MARVEL
BRAIN .SURGERY PROGRESS. LONDON'. Dec. 2dAn operation employing nc'v technique, tlie operation probably would progress that lias been made in brain has restored the sight of a teacher, a patient in .London Hospital who was sufferi ug from a pituitary tumor. Prior to tlie* discovery of the techni(jnc. the operation pi'obablfy would have boon fatal, owing to the difficiilly of preventing haemorrhage, hut tlie technique enabled a diathermic current gradually to break llu'o ugh the brain cells and to heal them again as it passed to the tumor. This part of the operation occupied several hours, owing to the difficulty of access of the tumor. The whole operation lasted a day. and necessitated the services of an eye specialist and four doctors, it is anticipated that the perfection of the - technique will save many lives.
The chief surgeon engaged on the operation was Dr. H. \V. 13. Cairns, a formqr Adelaide Rhodes Scholar, who is now a staff surgeon at London Hospital.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11825, 5 January 1933, Page 3
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