ANCIENT SURGERY
NOW FOLLOWED IN ENGLAND United Prpss Association—By Electric Telegraph —Copyright LONDON. November 12. A series of astonishing operations, based on the work of Egyptian doctors of 2000 years ago. was accomplished at the Waterloo Hospital for Children. The operations consist of the removal of part or the whole of a child’s lung, when the patient is suffering from either cancer or bronchiectasis. Egyptian surgeons derived considerable knowledge of pulmonary operations through experiments on condemned criminals, and Celsius’s records of Egyptian practice have now been applied to modern surgery.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19957, 15 November 1934, Page 9
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90ANCIENT SURGERY Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19957, 15 November 1934, Page 9
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