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Show Considering the unquestionable fact that medical and surgical science has In the past few years advanced to such a high plane that tho dangers of operations are reduced to tho minimum and the successess are raised to tho maximum, it is folly for sufferers and their relatives rel-atives to delay a needed operation. It Is possl-bio possl-bio that an operation may result fatally, but it is unfortunately true that delay in critical, matters of this kind makes death almost a certainty. cer-tainty. In cases of appendicitis, tho fear of the knife leads many to delay the operation until the patient is in such a condition that he can not live unless the operation is performed. Once in that condition there isllttle or no hope that an operation will prove successful. The patient Is run down phvsically and Is such a nervous wreck that practically every chance is against him. Once the physician has given it as his definite and decided opinion that an operation is advisable, It is the safer plan to have that opciatfon performed as soon as possible. possi-ble. In cases of appendicitis, once the Imflam-cd Imflam-cd appendix bleaks, chances of the patients recovery re-covery from the operation that Is then absolutely abso-lutely necessary are very slim. In this age the knife is not to be dreaded as It was twenty or even ten years ago. Surgical science has advanced ad-vanced as rapidly as electrical science and today the dillicult operation of years ago is but a passing thing. The public should not be unduly fearful of a surgical operation. |