The Magic Tonsillectomy or Armstrong's Voodoo Science?

[LR Trotter]

My little short legged Rat Terrier, as brave as she is, need not jump off the porch and join any Big Dog fights. But, I have looked around a little searching for the date of Lee Harvey Oswald's Mastoidectomy, and other than a referencing of the year 1945, and his age being 6 years, I was unable to find a date. If it occured when he was age 6, of course that would mean on or after October 18, 1945. I believe that the date of the Tonsillectomy, as listed on the National Life & Accident Insurance Company life insurance application, was January 17, 1945. So I wonder, as I wander, if a possibility exists that a Mastoidectomy was mistated as a Tonsillectomy? Or possibly the Insurance Agent misunderstood what was said? A third possibility, at least to me, is maybe a "Tonsillitis Treatment" was either misstated or misunderstood as a "Tonsillectomy". We have a Mother, Marguerite Claverie Pic Oswald, applying for an insurance policy and dealing with an Insurance Agent wanting to sell the policy. And, I would think a mistake on the form is quite possible. On the other hand, maybe I'm missing something. I try to know what I know, but I try much harder to know what I don't know, due to volume.
That being said, I am convinced that Lee Harvey Oswald was impersonated, at least in the early 1960s, but I am on the fence to the degree. As previously stated, I have not read "Harvey and Lee", but I have seen a lot of the discussion and internet posted portions of the book.
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Larry,

I am not posting at present due to the ludicrous reasons given for being put on moderation and having a thread made invisible. But this deserves to be an exception as I believe you may have provided a solution. You can forget any mix-up between tonsillectomy and mastoidectomy. That doesn't float on just about every ground I can think of. But "tonsil treatment" being put down as "tonsillectomy"? That sounds plausible.

Even more so when you consider that Philben advertised that he did pediatrics only.

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"PRACTICE LIMITED TO PEDIATRICS"

If this is not posted here by the mods, you will find it in the Harvey & Lee section at my site. I will give them a chance to post it first. Two hours seems fair enough.

Thanks Greg, and after seeing Mr Hargrove's post with the Mastoidectomy record, I agree. As for a "Tonsillitis Treatment" being called a "Tonsillectomy", if that did happen, I would doubt it was the first time, and certainly not the last.
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