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Show SUCCESSFUL OPERATION PERFORMED BY MERRILL We learn through a private letter from one of Dr. Men-ill's friends that he is again at home practicing in Provo, after a month's study on the coast. His first important case after returning was an operation on Alma Powell of Tucker, for appendicitis. After a hypodermic hypo-dermic injection somewhere in the spinal region, the patient lay with his head pillowed high and painlessly watched the whole proceedings. It is reported that he conversed freely with the attendant attend-ant physicians and even took a drink of water during the operation. Dr. Merrill's Mer-rill's "friends out here are many and they are proud of his success and progressive pro-gressive spirit. What next, Doctor. |