23, 1883, publishes an account of a fatal surgical operation which has caused a great commotion among medical men throughout the whole country, Dr. Thayer, the most eminent surgeon in Cleveland, pronouncing it. scandalous. It appears that a Mrs. King had been suffering for many years with some disease of the stomach wh had resisted the treatment of all the mani ha slight derangement of the physicians in attendance. The disease com-dig th a poor appetite, followed bya peculiar indescribable distress in the stomach, a feeling that has been described asa faint "all gone" sensation, a sti slime collecting about the teeth, causing a disagreeable taste, especially in the morning. This sensation was not removed by food, but on the contrary, it was increased. The eyes then became tinged with yellow, and were sunken. After awhile the hands and feet became cold and sticky—a cold perspiration. There was a constant tired and languid feeling. Then followed a dreadful nervousness, with gloomy forebodings. When rising suddenly there came " dizzy feeling like vertigo. After a time the bowels became costive, so that it was difticult to procure a movement without a cathartic. Soon followed a disposition to spit up the food after eating, sometimes in a sour, fermented condition. All this derangement caused a terrible palpitation of the heart, so as to make the breathing difficult, Finally, the patient was unable to retain any food whatever, and there was in in the abdomen. All presto give relief a consulation was held, when it was decided that the patient had a caneer in the stomach, and, in order to save the patient's life, an operation was justifiable, Accordingly, on Feb, 22, 1883, the operation was performed by Dr. Vance, in the presence of Dr. Tuck-erman, Dr. Perrier, Dr. Arms, Dr. Gordon, Dr. Lapuer, and Dr. Halliwell, of the Police Board. The operation consisted in lying open the cavity of the abdomen and exposing the stomach, bowels, liver, and pancreas, When this had been done, an examination of the organs was make, but, to the horror and dismay of the doctors, there was no cancer to be found. The patient did not have a cancer. When too late, the medical men discovered that they had made a terrible mistake. They sewed the parts together and dressed the wound that they had made, but the'poor woman sank from exhaustion and died in few hours. How sad it must be for the husband of this woman to know that his wife died from the effects of a surgical operation that ought never to have been performed. If this woman had taken the proper remedy for dyspepsia (for this is what the disease really as), she would have been living to-day. Seigel's Curative Syrup, a remedy mace expressly for dyspepsia or indigestion, has restored many such cases to perfect health after all other kinds of treatment have failed. The evidence of its efficacy in curing this class of eases is too voluminous to be published here, but those who read the published evidence in favour of this dyspeptic remedy do not question its convineing nature; and the article has an exten: sale. Sold by all Chemists and Medicine Vendors throughout the world, and by the proprietors, A. J. White, Limited, 17, farringdon-read, London, E.C.
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