SPINE DAMAGED
WOMAN’S VIOLENT SNEEZE. Two years ago Miss Doris Miles, of Sompting, Sussex, sneezed as she reached up to feed her pet bird in its cage. She collapsed in agony; one of the lower segments of her spine had split. But she did not know that then, and for some time endured a constant stabbing pain. She underwent numerous treatments in vain. Miss .Miles, now aged 32, lies encased in plaster at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, free from that stabbing pain for the first time since the mishap. A surgeon had removed a small piece of bone from her leg and grafted it on the damaged spine. It is one of the most delicate operations known to surgery. The surgeon who operaed on her said: “The operation was a complete success. Miss Miles will be free from pain, but will always have' a rigid back. She is aware of this, but, as she says, anything will be better than enduring the great pain she had felt for years. She is going on extremely well and will son be out of the plaster.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 August 1938, Page 7
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185SPINE DAMAGED Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 August 1938, Page 7
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