MEDICAL SCIENCE
PROGRESS IN BRAIN SURGERY
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LONDON, December 23. , An operation, in which new technique was employed, revealing marvellous progress in brain surgery, restored the sight of a teacher, a patient in a London hospital, who was suffering from a pituitary tumour. 'Before the discovery of the technique such an operation would probably have proved fatal, because of the difficulty of preventing a haemorrhage. The new technique enabled a diathermic current gradually to break through the brain-cells, healing them again as it passed to the tumour. This part cf the operation occupied several hours, because of the inaccessibility. of the tumour. The whole operation lasted a day, necessitating the services of an eye specialist and four doctors.
It is anticipated that when the technique is perfected, it will result in the saving of many lives.
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Hokitika Guardian, 30 December 1932, Page 5
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