The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-23

not writing before, but ] finished last
OF the medicine and then went away
good that I had to celebrate some. but
am now back on the Job and feel finer
than silk. 1 hope you are busy and
meeting with the success you so richly
deserve"
Truly yours.
H. L. BUNCH.
Baker City. Oregon.
"Too MUCH CUTTING"
DOCTORS ARE TOO ANXIOUS TO
PERFORM OPERATIONS.
The following is a clipping taken
from a Portland paper giving the edi-
tors views as well as that Of the peo-
pies idea and view of the present-day
surgical operations, as they are per-
formed by the practitioner today.
A report is current that four women
have died In this city within the La
few days as the result of surgical op-
erations.
Possibly the report Is exaggerated;
perhaps. too, some of these would be
been performed. But the fact can
hardly be disputed that a great deal
of unnecessary slashing Of human be-
inss takes place In Portland every
year. and probably about every week
In the year; and that there are tomb
which would not have been needed yet
had II not been for the willingness of
surgeons to use their sharp instru-
ments where such use could have beea
avoided without serious damage OF
postponed with safety.
1t would be gross injustice to hold
all OF Portland's physicians RESPONSE
bls for this state OF affairs. Tho noble
work done by the knights Of healing
their generosity, their kindness. their
fhAr
good they do need no praise here. It
is one Of the greatest and most noble
OF professions, and he who chooses It
as his life work should approach it's
duties with a grave sense of its re-
sponsibilltes and conscientious ear
he is a poor friend Of the great pro-
fession who would rather hide than
remedy these wrongs,
But 1T is no easy matter to prescribe
thoroughly fix the blame upon the
surgeons who are to blame In such
cases. '~Dxpert testimony" can be-
come a fearful and wonderful thing
Possibly laws might be devised which
would throw better safeguards about
this. so long as surgery Is performed
accidents will sometimes occur
One remedy, however, Is available,
and In the reach Of every citizen-the
BtlmuIdUOn Oh PUBIC sentiment In 0p-
position to unnecessary use Of the
knife-ths development OF the idea
that nature can and will remedy nearly
Rll physical ailments II she Is given
o chance in time. When one doctor
insists that a surgical operation is
pecessary, thank him and quietly con-
suit another. When half a dozen,
taken separately, have agreed that
surgery Ia needed-then II is time to
think about permitting the use Of the
knife
"okLAHoMA DOCTORS LEAVE IN
SPONGE AFTER OPERATION"
(Telegram Coast Specially
Albany, Or, Aug 5.-Fourteen
months ago Mrs 8. II. Elliot, of Le-
banon, underwent an operation in Ok
lahoma, Recently she has been suf-
fering so severely that four physicls rs
operated again at Albany Saturday.
one coming from Portland and two
from Lebanon to help solve the mys-
terry. In the body they found a
sponge, left by the Southern surgeons
after they finished with the unlucky
woman In the previous cutting. She
will live"
D. r Fong mentioned these cases
merely to bring before the public mind
the carelessness OF some Of our phy-