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Show Early Rising; Beneficial To Those Under Surgery CHICAGO. Early rising after operations tends to prevent weakness, weak-ness, diminishes pain and would accelerate convalescence, according accord-ing to Dr. J. B. Blodgett. Boston, writing in the Journal of the American Ameri-can Medical association. Blodgett studied 504 cases in which early rising was practiced and 608 cases in which the patients remained in bed at least seven days after their operations. Wound disruption after abdominal operations occurred in 2.7 per cent of the late-rising group, while the incidence in the early-rising group was 1.2 per cent. Wound infection among the early risers was 2.8 per cent, compared to 4.4 per cent among the late risers. i . , . |