LAD'S BRAIN OPERATION
TREATMENT IN LONDON [BY TKLTiGRAPH —OWN CORRESPONDENT] DUNEDIN, Monday When tho Rangitiki sailed from Wellington on August 3 her passengers included Frank Murphy, a lad of 12. who was being taken to London for an operation on tho brain, his trip Homo in company with his mother having been made possible by a notable community effort on tho part of the people of Dunback and surrounding farms, who at a public meeting subscribed £3OO within 20 minutes. A few weeks ago a Press Association cable message was received from London stating that tho lad had entered hospital for observation by a specialist. A progress report has now been received by private cablegram in the following terms: "An operation disclosed a stricture of a channel in the brain. As yet no. improvement is in sight. The patient is now undergoing X-ray treatment. He is walking about, happy and contented. Possibly further operations may be necessary."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22851, 5 October 1937, Page 8
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157LAD'S BRAIN OPERATION New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22851, 5 October 1937, Page 8
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