BOY’S LIFE SAVED
A Remarkable Operation By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received November 26, 12.18 a.m.) MELBOURNE, November 25. A remarkable operation at the Children's Hospital to-day saved the life of a boy aged 10 who for three years has had a threequarter-lnch tack embedded deep in his right lung. To remove the tack the surgeon had to open the body from the spine round to the centre of the stomach, exposing the lung. The boy had been a frequent patient. It became apparent that if his life was to be saved the tack must be removed. Preparatory to the operation the lung was collapsed a week ago with air forced in through a tube. The secretary to the hospital said the Operation was the most remarkable that had taken place in the institution.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21821, 26 November 1940, Page 5
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132BOY’S LIFE SAVED Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21821, 26 November 1940, Page 5
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