pOst # 4

5 comments
-This chapter is about the first operation to remove the appendix
-King Edward VII was the first person to get his appendix removed
-Reginald Heber Fitz announced that he had dissected more than 5oo people who had died in various stages of perityphlitis
-Perityphlitis was soon changed to appendicitis
-Many people had to go through operations without useing anesthetics
4 questions
-How many people died of shock/pain during an operation?
-Who were some of the others who were in the book of wolrd records?
-Why was perityphlitis changed to appendicits so randomly?
-This chapter mentions boston alot, did boston have an important role in medicine?
3 vocabulary
Formidable-causing fear, apprehension, or dread
deteriorate-to make or become worse or inferior in character, quality, value, etc.
abscess-a localized collection of pus in the tissues of the body, often accompanied by swelling and inflammation and frequently caused by bacteria.
2 literary terms
'the doctor's dilemma' aliteration
'burned all the blankets and bedclothing' aliteration
1 over view sentence
This chapter is bassically about King Edwards appendix