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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

HALL, Richard John (1856 – 1897)

1856 – 1897

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1886 CE

#3568

Suppurative peritonitis due to ulceration and suppuration of the vermiform appendix; laparotomy; resection of the vermiform appendix; toilette of the peritonaeum; drainage; recovery.

HALL, Richard John (1856 – 1897)

This is believed to be the first reported case of survival after removal of a perforated appendix. Hall worked with William Halsted during the 1880s and participated in Halsted’s experiments with cocaine as a lo…