MODERN NERVE SURGERY

Taranaki Daily News, 15 October 1930, Page 3

MODERN NERVE SURGERY

-AUSTRALIAN DOCTOR’S WORK. The work of Dr, Norman Rbyle, of Sydney, in developing the surgery of the sympathetic nervous system was endorsed, by prominent delegates at the annual conference of the British Medical Association held in Wipnipeg recently. This statement was made by Dr. Keith Brown,, of Melbourne, who. attended the conference and is returning to Australia bv the Aorangi. “Dr. Royle has been doing/a great work, which has won him fame among members of the medical profession all over the world,” Dr. Brown said. “However, in some quarters medical men have been slow ,to take advantage of his woi’k and the profession in England, in .particular, has been awaiting developments,.. In the United States the famous Mayo Clinic has taken up the work very seriously and other doctors have also commended it. That it is now generally accepted was made, evident at the [Conference by Lord Moynihan, the famous British surgeon, who warmly congratulated Dr. Royle on his work:”' V- ! ■ 1 ■

Dr. Royle has already achieved remarkable results through his surgery of the sympathetic nerves. Recently a young girl who had been a cripplb from birth and who had never walked a' step was taken to Sydney by her parents. After treatment from Dr. Royle she returned to Auckland and, leaning on her father’s arm, was able to Walk down the gangway to the wharf.