1000 OPERATIONS EVERT DAY
A.t an inquest held at Battersea on Mif-s Gertrude Muirhead, who died after an operation had been performed on her by Sir Victor Horsley, the famous surgeon, the coroner, Mr Troutbeck, said he regretted that a considerable number of deaths duo to surgical operations were never reported to a coroner. Sir Victor Horsley estimated that 1000 operations were performed in London every day. The jury returned a verdict of “Accidental death," and added that the operation was carefully performed.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 6679, 30 November 1908, Page 3
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