The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-12
A SURGEON AppRAISIS AM.
 nJlLANT METHOD

Tho other day l reforred to tho ohook-up of 40G cases In which A physician. surgeon who teaehea in n university clinic found reeurreneo In less than DOT cent, or the cases where ho had given the ans bulant trentment for hernia.
 A WOok after 1 had received thiB report 1 hoard from n dlBtingu uiBh. cd surgeon and teacher of surgery In ono of tho finest medical schools, This surgeon has been observing tho ambulant treatment for several years, He adopted the method in his own practice and used it with satisfaction in suit. nblo GnBog. quoted bri1y from hiB prosont viow'
 "I fool that tho method is
 applicable In selected eases,
 nnmoly, thoso with a narrow
 m0uthod sac, In an occasional
 OnBo tho results nro brilliant
 in that tho Bno is apparently
 Bonlod 0ff with only two or
 thre0 injections ... Az a result
 of my observation of injected
 GnBos and surgloally operated
 caBos, ] am perfectly sure that
 1T ono of my family or had
 A hernia, l would have it
 operated upon rath0f than In.
 j0otod, BO that l cannot con.
 BolontlouHly advise tho inJeG.
 ton treatment on the baBls
 Of my experience, ,,, .Neithor
 operation nor injection Gnn
 possibly nx hernlnB in people
 Wh0Bo hornlal regions nr0
 poorly designed, NO that roeur-
 romeo will tnke place in n
 relatively high percentage of
 GDHoB whon these regions arc subjected Co strains that are
 too hoavy for thom,
 This iB the most studied and dependable criticism of tho in. l have heard from tho surgeons or surgeon first investigated tho student sitting at tho feet of a prn0tIG0 IIIB conclusion is thnt tho Injection treatment la appil. 0nbl0 in selected cases.
 porhnpB the pendulum will eventually como to rest not far from tho position thia surgeon U'll gladly give any physician. surgeon his nnmo but not n lay. mnn) hnB ronoh0d.
 While l am somewhat dlsap. pointed in this final conclusion from n colleague whose Judgment commands my respect, still 1 am grntlnod to know that he roeognlsea that the injection method K tho method of choice in certain cases of hernIn,
 My surgical mentor roforg to nnoLhor pot method of mine.
 "Th0 groht question of
 dInth0rmy removal of tonsIls
 will soon Do settled because,
 largely through your writing,
 everybody Is prepared to TO.
 mOvo tonBilB with diathermy.
 Several of my intimate friends
 who, think, arc B0undly
 trained men and who express
 cd to mo well thought out ob-
 Jcctlons Co the dinthermy re.
 moval of tonsIls, have sue-
 cumbed and now give patients
 their choice. This is amazing
 because a patient consulting a
 specialist would reasonably
 expect to be advised and not
 allowed to choose. Tn the end
 the public will decide ..."
 But the well thought out obs jections expressed by the special ists who presently succumbed were theoretical objections and hearaay views. Here in my playroom have the data to show the source or origin of these theoretical obs jections which the brass method when enlightened patients began to ask questions about it.I said brass specialists. From tn econtext of my surgeon friends remarks it is clear he is referring to thnt type of specialist. A brass specialist iA