Appendicitis

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Oct 20, 1909

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 36, No. 41.

Dr. Chas. E. Page, one of Boston’s most widely known physicians, declares that he has followed the records of appendicitis operations ever since the craze started, and says: “I confidently believe that the day is coming when the people will finally realize that appendectomy—cutting off the appendix—is a criminal operation. As for the widely proclaimed benefits and saving of life by operating to cut the appendix, it seems hardly necessary to cite the long list of deaths following the operation.”