STITCHES IN HEART
MAN’S LIFE NEARLY SAVED Six stitches inserted in a heart wound—one of the most delicate and most rare surgical operations—lately nearly saved a man's life. For ten hours surgeons and nurses kept anxious - vigil at the man’s bedside, but despite their utmost care the patient died. - The operation was performed at St Thomas’ Hospital on Air Edgar Ernest Crichton, aged 29, of London, who received a Wound in the heart when "a fellow-workman holding a penknife, accidentally fell against him. It was stated at the hospital that the operation had been performed Irefore, but was extremely rare. In Air Crichton’s case there was just a chanco that it might succeed .
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Hokitika Guardian, 28 June 1933, Page 3
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113STITCHES IN HEART Hokitika Guardian, 28 June 1933, Page 3
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