SURGERY
(See also Blood Transfusions; Doctors; Health; Hospitals; Medicine)
abortions: g82 3/8 19; w77 478-480; w75 191-192; g73 2/8 12; g73 3/22 9-10; g70 10/22 3-4; g70 11/8 21-22; g64 12/8 18
acupuncture: g78 1/8 7-8; g77 9/8 31; g72 7/22 30; g72 9/8 12-15; g71 7/8 31
advancements: g74 3/22 17, 23
amputation:
consent of patient needed: g78 3/22 30
anesthetics: g78 8/22 30; g49 3/8 13-15; g46 10/8 13; g45 2/28 11
animals: g65 9/8 31
appendix: g72 12/8 30; g71 10/22 31; g69 12/22 13-16
artificial replacement parts: g49 9/8 17-18; g49 12/22 19-20; g46 10/8 13-14
assault and battery: g64 9/8 24-25
baboon liver: g69 1/8 31
backaches: g75 1/8 30; g73 8/8 24
brain:
aneurysm: bq 57
operations: g47 7/8 10; g46 10/8 15; g45 2/28 12; g38 11/16 10
tumor: g76 3/8 12; g74 6/22 20
cancer: g74 9/8 21; g58 4/8 17-18; g38 11/16 10
breast: g85 7/8 29-30; g78 6/22 7-8
castration: g82 8/8 31
Catholic opposition: g49 10/8 18-19
cesarean section: w75 158-159
Brazil: g79 1/22 31
China: g78 11/8 29
circumcision: g79 11/8 21-24
compensation for medical negligence: g85 9/8 9-12; g79 3/22 29
control of bleeding: bq 49-50; g65 7/22 8-11; g61 11/22 30
convalescence: g47 11/22 11
court orders for: g71 11/8 5-6; g68 7/8 12-13; g64 9/8 21
cryosurgery: g74 6/22 22; g65 1/8 31
deafness: g60 12/8 31
deformity operations: g53 9/8 18; g49 9/8 17-18
Denmark:
electric surgical knife ignites gases within digestive tract: g78 12/8 30-31
elective surgery: g79 1/22 31
emergency: g73 2/8 9, 13
eye:
cornea: g79 6/22 31; g73 8/8 30; g68 6/8 15; g63 3/22 9; w61 480; g49 12/22 17; g46 10/8 14
growing seed removed from a child’s eye: g80 2/22 29
nearsightedness: g80 5/22 31
operation to remove wire in pupil: g62 12/8 9-11
Soviet Union: g85 10/22 30
for obesity:
removing portion of intestines: g80 2/8 29; g79 10/22 30
gallstones: g71 5/22 25-26
getting a second opinion: g85 4/22 30; g82 8/8 14; g81 4/22 31; g76 6/22 30
giant ovarian tumors: g79 9/22 30; g76 5/22 30
harelip and cleft palate: g83 4/22 13-15
heart-lung machine: g82 6/22 25-26; w78 6/15 30; bq 56; g76 2/22 29-30; w74 720; g74 6/22 18; g67 5/22 25-26; g65 7/22 8, 11-12, 29; w63 535
heart operations: yb79 159; bq 56-57; g77 11/8 29; g75 11/22 29; g74 1/22 29; g74 5/22 18; g74 6/22 18-20; g73 2/8 19, 29; g72 6/8 30; g72 6/22 29; g70 8/8 29; g70 8/22 25-26; g68 7/8 15-16; g67 5/22 25-26; g66 6/8 30; g65 7/22 8-9, 11-12, 29; g65 11/22 29-30; w63 535; g53 9/8 18-19; g50 7/22 25; g49 9/8 19; g45 2/28 12-13; g38 11/16 10
children: w85 10/15 21; g84 3/22 29; g84 7/8 18
chilling blood during: g60 1/8 30; g53 9/8 18-19
emotional problems after: w81 9/15 15
“I Had Open-Heart Surgery”: g76 11/8 16-20
India: g78 3/22 29
infants: g84 9/8 30
mental problems after: w74 720
“Our Son Is a Beautiful Colour Now”: g83 9/22 24-26
pacemakers: g76 12/22 30
safer without blood: g84 3/8 27; g76 2/22 29-30
success with an artificial heart: g78 2/22 29
transplants: g85 5/22 30
hemoglobin levels: g80 8/22 19; bq 52-53, 57-58
hemorrhoids: g75 1/8 26
hemostasis: g74 6/22 18; g67 5/22 25; g66 8/22 26; g65 7/22 8-9
hernia: g70 8/8 14
hip joint: g80 8/22 20; g78 3/22 30; w75 445
history: g72 11/8 13
horses with broken legs: g77 3/22 30
hospitals with religious connections: km 2/76 4
hotel used as hospital for: g77 6/8 30
hypotension: bq 49
hypothermia: g79 7/8 29-30; bq 49; g67 5/22 25; g65 7/22 9-11; g53 9/8 18-19
hysterectomies: g79 8/8 29; w75 159-160; g75 5/8 7; g74 8/8 31
importance of surgeons having experience: g80 3/8 30
increase: g85 4/22 30
individual matter: g64 9/8 21, 24-27; w52 95-96
induced anemia: g67 5/22 29
laser:
for bladder stones: g81 9/22 30
life stories of surgeons: g79 5/22 4-7; g74 3/22 17-23
limb restoration: g73 11/8 31; g72 9/22 31
long-haired surgeons: g78 4/22 30
lumpectomy: g85 7/8 29-30
malpractice and mistakes of doctors: g76 11/22 31; g73 2/8 12; g71 2/22 29; g70 6/8 13-15; g69 2/8 31; g68 6/8 30; g68 8/22 29-30; g64 7/22 24-25; g62 1/22 30; g62 8/22 31; g62 9/22 15; g61 11/22 29-30; g60 6/22 8-10; g60 11/22 31; g51 12/8 15; g32 6/8 561-569; g31 1/21 272-273; g31 8/5 724-726
mastectomy: g85 7/8 29-30
mental patient:
foreign objects in stomach: g76 7/22 31
microsurgery: g79 9/22 17-20; g72 12/22 30
need for good surgeon-patient relationship: g78 6/22 7-8
neurosurgery: w78 9/15 29-30; bq 57; g74 6/22 22
on an unborn child: w81 11/15 22; g81 10/22 30
operation consent forms: g80 10/8 30
operations televised: g48 8/8 24
orthopedic: g79 7/8 30-31; g73 12/22 24-26
plastic: g76 11/8 31
for children with Down’s syndrome: g82 12/8 29
psychosurgery: g75 4/22 12
removal of one of two heads: g80 9/22 30
rhinoceros’ intestinal obstruction: g75 4/22 30
scalpels:
knife using high-frequency sound: g82 1/8 30; g82 6/22 26
“plasma scalpel”: g77 10/22 30
sharpness of stone blades made from volcanic glass: g82 11/22 31
vibrating scalpel: g74 6/22 22; g72 6/22 30
scalp replant: g77 5/22 29-30
self-operation: g61 6/22 29
“sex change”: g80 5/22 20; g79 11/22 30-31; g77 7/22 29; w74 360; g74 6/8 29; g53 3/8 21-23
silk-suture stapler: g75 11/8 30
skin grafting: g78 3/22 30
smokers’ increased surgery risk: g76 6/8 29
Soviet Union:
eye surgery assembly-line style: g85 10/22 30
unborn embryo of man’s twin found in his chest: g80 11/8 29
sterilization: w85 5/1 31; g79 8/22 29; g78 4/8 29; g78 9/8 30; w75 158-160; g74 2/8 16; g74 3/22 23; g73 1/8 29; g73 3/22 30; g72 7/8 30; w69 767; w61 734-735
side effects: g79 8/22 29
stored blood used: g72 4/8 29-30
tonsils: g76 4/8 30; g73 7/8 30; g71 7/8 31; g45 1/17 31; g30 5/14 525
many operations unjustified: g78 5/22 30
transplanting organs: g63 3/22 9; w61 480
animals: g68 11/22 29
appendix: g69 12/22 13
cancer incidence increased: g74 1/22 30
eye: g68 6/8 15
hazards: g74 2/22 30-31; g74 12/22 12; g72 6/8 30; g69 7/8 30; g68 6/8 14-17
heart: g85 5/22 30; g74 5/22 30; g72 7/8 28; g71 11/22 31; g70 10/22 29; g70 11/8 30; g69 8/22 29; g69 10/8 30-31; g69 10/22 3-4; g68 6/8 3, 12-20, 29-31; g68 6/22 15; g68 7/8 29; g68 8/8 29; g68 12/8 31; g68 12/22 29, 31
kidney: w75 519; g72 9/22 30; g69 10/22 4; g68 6/8 15
liver: g69 10/22 4; g69 11/8 29
lungs: g69 10/22 4
pancreas: g69 10/22 4; g68 6/8 29
problems: w75 519; g69 1/22 30; g68 6/8 17-21; g67 7/22 14; g65 9/22 30; g64 9/8 22-23
spiritism reportedly involved: g68 6/22 15
toe replaces thumb: g62 9/8 31
without permission: g71 11/8 9
Witness view: w84 5/15 31; g82 6/22 26; w80 3/15 31; w67 702-704
transplanting tissue: g49 12/22 17-19
within same person: g53 9/8 18-19; g49 9/8 17-18; g45 2/28 14
unnecessary: g85 4/22 30; g82 3/8 30; g81 4/22 31; g79 1/22 31; g78 5/22 30; g76 3/22 29; g76 6/22 30; g75 1/8 30; g74 8/8 31; g73 8/8 31; g72 4/8 30; g72 6/8 30-31; g72 9/8 30-31; g72 10/8 31; g71 1/8 31; g71 8/22 30; g69 12/22 15; g67 5/22 27; g66 5/8 30; g64 2/8 31; g64 9/8 22; g63 5/8 30; g62 9/8 31
cesarean sections: g80 2/22 29
urologic: bq 57-58; g74 6/22 20-21
use of leeches to draw off blood: w82 6/15 31
use of zippers for stitches: g85 10/22 30
witch doctors: w82 1/15 23
without blood: w85 6/15 19; g85 12/8 29-30; g84 3/8 27; g84 3/22 29; g84 6/22 29; g84 7/8 18; g84 9/8 30; w83 9/15 30; g83 2/8 29; g83 9/22 24-26; g83 12/22 12-15; g82 6/22 25-27; g79 2/8 15; w78 6/15 24; w78 9/15 29-30; g78 3/22 30; g78 9/8 16-21; g78 11/22 11-12; bq 28-29, 55-58; g77 5/22 17-18; g77 6/8 29; w76 217; w75 445; g75 11/22 29; g74 5/22 17-19, 21-22; g74 6/22 17-22; g74 12/22 30
Baker, C. B. (Toronto): yb79 159
Canada: g80 9/8 30
children: w85 10/15 21
Cooley, Denton A. (Houston): yb79 159; w78 9/15 28; g77 11/8 29
doctors recommend bloodless: w78 5/1 15
Dunphy, J. E. (San Francisco): w78 9/15 28-29
editorial in medical magazine Contemporary Orthopaedics: g81 4/8 29
expressing appreciation for such surgery: w81 8/15 19
Hutchins, Herk (California): g80 8/22 17-19
Lapin, Ron (California): g80 8/8 30; g80 8/22 19-20
Nelson, Carl L. (Arkansas): g80 8/22 20
normal blood count not necessary: g83 7/22 29
operation consent forms: g80 10/8 30
Pandey, Shrad (India): g78 3/22 29
precautions to avoid transfusions: w83 9/15 30; bq 49-50, 60; g74 6/22 18-22; g72 7/8 30-31; w67 511-512; g64 7/22 24-26
recoveries without blood: g80 8/22 18-20; g78 11/22 11-12; bq 55-58; g74 1/22 29; g74 3/22 21; g74 5/22 21-22; g74 6/22 18-21; g73 2/8 19, 29; g72 6/8 30; g72 6/22 29; g72 8/22 29; yb71 189; g71 11/8 6-7; yb70 149, 194-195, 248-249; g70 8/22 25-26; g70 11/22 29-30; w69 700-702; yb69 80-81, 212; g69 8/22 18-23; g69 12/22 24-26; g68 3/8 24; yb67 154, 178, 219, 235; g67 5/22 17-19, 25-26; g66 4/8 15-16; g66 8/22 24-26; g66 12/22 25-26; yb65 98; g65 11/8 17-19; yb62 235-236
Refusal to Permit Blood Transfusion form: bq 29-30
reprint of JAMA article “Jehovah’s Witnesses—The Surgical/Ethical Challenge”: g82 6/22 25-27
Soviet Union: g79 7/8 29-30
Tokyo University Hospital (Japan): g79 1/22 29
women: g84 2/8 30