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A Surgeon Tastes His Own Medicine

A Surgeon Tastes His Own Medicine In the Medical Times for December, 1960, Dr. Perrin H. Long, Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University, relates his experiences before and after a total laryngectomy for cancer. This delightfully written editorial should be read by every laryngeal surgeon—and by his patients about to undergo this operation, for the comparative ease (for the patient) of the procedure is reassuring indeed, while the annoyances associated with getting accustomed to a tracheostomy and to the new type of speech are described in a human, witty, and colorful manner. The Chief Editor of the Archives of Otolaryngology is, at the moment of this writing, "convalescent" 9 days after an inguinal hernia repair. "Convalescent" is in quotes, for this patient was never really ill nor "laid up" by his operation, thanks to local anesthesia, early ambulation, and a skilful surgeon. An operation on himself under local anesthesia is an interesting and instructive experience http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Otolaryngolog American Medical Association

A Surgeon Tastes His Own Medicine

Archives of Otolaryngolog , Volume 73 (5) – May 1, 1961
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American Medical Association
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Copyright © 1961 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
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0003-9977
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1538-361X
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10.1001/archotol.1961.00740020517001
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Abstract

In the Medical Times for December, 1960, Dr. Perrin H. Long, Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University, relates his experiences before and after a total laryngectomy for cancer. This delightfully written editorial should be read by every laryngeal surgeon—and by his patients about to undergo this operation, for the comparative ease (for the patient) of the procedure is reassuring indeed, while the annoyances associated with getting accustomed to a tracheostomy and to the new type of speech are described in a human, witty, and colorful manner. The Chief Editor of the Archives of Otolaryngology is, at the moment of this writing, "convalescent" 9 days after an inguinal hernia repair. "Convalescent" is in quotes, for this patient was never really ill nor "laid up" by his operation, thanks to local anesthesia, early ambulation, and a skilful surgeon. An operation on himself under local anesthesia is an interesting and instructive experience

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Archives of Otolaryngolog – American Medical Association

Published: May 1, 1961

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