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On the Advantages of Enucleation of the Tonsils over Their Removal by the Guillotine
The question of the desirability of removing chronically enlarged and inflamed tonsils has now almost ceased to be asked, at any rate among the medical profession. Twenty years ago, however, the matter was one of hot dispute, and medical men seriously argued that the operation was harmful, inefficacious and almost impious?inasmuch as it sought to remove organs which had been designed and placed...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Lancet
سال: 1916
ISSN: 0140-6736
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(00)53306-6