Appendicitis: It Nearly Killed King Edward VII
This year about 250,000 appendectomies will be done in North America
By W. Gifford-Jones, MD and Diana Gifford-Jones —— Bio and Archives--June 23, 2013
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How would you like to be the young surgeon in 1902 who was asked to see Prince Edward who was to be crowned King of England in two days? His Mother, Queen Victoria, had reigned so long that Edward had become the playboy prince. Now he was obese, old, flatulent and a terrible operative risk. Young Dr. Treves diagnosed a ruptured appendix and recommended surgery, much to the consternation of other doctors.
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