DISEASE AND THE KNIFE,

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1755, 21 May 1913, Page 8

DISEASE AND THE KNIFE,

OPERATIONS BECOMING UNFASHIONABLE. The libel action brought in London last month by Miss Lind-af-llagebv, the famous onti-vivisectionist, against Dr. Salceby and the "Pall Mall Gazette" appears to show that the attitude of the British public toward "the knife" has recently undergone a considerable change. People in England, according to tho "Argus" correspondent, are not nearly to ready to be cut up by eminent surgeons as tiiey were a few years ago. It is no longer fashionable to boast about tho loss of your appendix and part of your intestines. Incidentally, one gathers that in the opinion of Harley Street, as formed by what its doctors sec of Australians, tho profession m Australia is altogether too fond of cutting up its patients; while the London specialist in dentistry tells you that his fellows in tho Commonwealth have carried to extremes the theory that teeth should be extracted only as a last resort. The "crowning" and "bridging" achievements of Sydney and Melbourne dentists aro the marvel of the profession here. Then best London men seem to do far more extraction th.an a few years ago j freaks in mouth "carpentry" are strongly condemned.