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The aspect of the King's illness
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In the early days of the King's illness many people
ventured upon the tolerably safe prediction that one result of the
melancholy event would be that closer attention would be given to the
subject of appendicitis, the disease which necessitated the operation from which His Majesty has now happily recovered. That increased attention has been directed to the subject, but so far it seems to have
expended itself in discussion, and we do not appear to be any nearer to
a solution of the questions upon which opinion is divided among those
to whom we look for guidance. With all anxiety removed in reference to
the King's health, we may perhaps be permitted to glance at some
aspects of this subject which afford a strange mixture of tragedy and
comedy. Whatever may be said, it is evident that there is a wide
difference of opinion among surgeons and physicians in
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