THE KING
OPERATION PERFORMED
HOPES FOR CURE. THE CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE. (Unik'd Press Association —By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, July 15. The operation upon the King has been completed. The Prince of Wales left the Palace at 11.35 a.m., looking cheerful. “The abscess from which the King is suffering is just? under the wall of the chest, and is evidently the result of the removal of a portion of the rib, which left a few fragments of jagged ends of bone,” says the medical correspondent- of the “Morning Post.” “These ends sometimes die and tend to keep on forming abscesses,” the correspondent continues. “The operation will probably take the form of reopening the sinus and scraping out-' the passage and removing the bits of hone. After a long septic condition the healing of the sinus may be a little tiresome, especially if it is necessary to leave- a small tube. Thus the King will he confined to bed for a day or two, hut the operation should clear up the trouble entirely.”
OPERATION MORE SERIOUS THAN FORESHADOWED. HOPES FOR COMPLETE RECOVERY. Received 10.25 a.m. to-day. LONDON. July 15. Sir Hugh Rigby and Professor Wilfred Trotter performed the operation on the King), who, bore it very -satisfactory. It is Pointed out that it was more serious than was foreshadowed, involving, the cutting of two ribs, but Court- circles emphasise that His Majesty is fitter than when he was first operated iiuon. There is confidence that his complete recovery will now ho hastened. CONDITION IS SATISFACTORY. PORTION OF TWO RIBS REMOVED. Received 10.50 a.m. to-day. LONDON, July 15. The operation on the King ha® oeen isucoessfully perf ormedi. A bulletin state® thajt a portion, of two ribs were removed in order ’ hat a circumscribed abscess one and a ha-’f inches across should be directly drained and treated. His Majesty’s condition is satisfactory. The bulletin is signed! by Sir Stanley Hewitt, Sir Hugh Rigby, Professor Trotter, Dr. Shipway and Lord Dawson.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 16 July 1929, Page 5
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