APPENDICITIS
Sir, —Re addresses by Dr. E. S. Dukes and Mr. Walker, may I state that soveral experts have spoken strongly against the wholesale removal of the appendix. Scores of immediate operations have proved no appendicitis. It is well known among English doctors that somo years before tlio death of Sir Thomas Lipton while on a trip in England Sir Thomas was taken suddenly ill. Five specialists were called in consultation; an immediate operation was decided on. A distinguished surgeon suggested, before an operation attempted, that they try oilier means. They hesitated; the astonished physician in charge finally consented to try the treatment; tho result was wonderful. Sir Andrew Clark invariably used this same method, and no drugging is needful. The patient is out of pain within an hour. Needless to say Sir Thomas never had his appendix removed up to the time of his death, somo years later. Kawakawa. J. W. Perrett.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21247, 29 July 1932, Page 13
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