It seems to me that the surgeon who is always in doubt and who cannot separate the good from the bad is rather a danger to the community than otherwise.
" suction has diminished the incidence of post-operative haemorrhage." Surely this is illogical, to say the least of it. Sir William ends his letter by quoting a fellow practitioner as saying that the surgeon who is never in doubt is invariably wrong. It seems to me that the surgeon who is always in doubt and who cannot separate the good from the bad is rather a danger to the community than otherwise.-I am, etc.,