SURGEONS’ CONGRESS
RETURN OF SIR LOUIS BARNETT VALUE OF EARLY RADIATION. (Per United Press Association) WELLINGTON, March 13. The doctors who attended the Surgeons’ Congress in Melbourne returned by the Wanganella, among them Sir Louis Barnett. In an interview he spoke, of the numerous valuable addresses delivered by visiting authorities from Europe and America. With respect to cancer, he said reports of operations were laid before the Fellows, and from these it could be seen that, while operative procedure was still desirable in a considerable number of case.s, early radiation as an alternative means of treatment was steadily gaining ground, and was found to be of special importance in the event of what mignt be considered incurable cases from the operative point of view.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22520, 14 March 1935, Page 11
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