The Magic Tonsillectomy or Armstrong's Voodoo Science?

[Jim Hargrove]

[Greg R Parker]

[Jim Hargrove]

Any reasonable reading of the McNENLL monologue would indicate that complete removal of the tonsils was the norm in both Ireland and America early in the twentieth century. But since you always must have the last word, be my guest.

[Greg R Parker]

Any reasonable reading of the McNENLL monologue would indicate that complete removal of the tonsils was the norm in both Ireland and America early in the twentieth century. But since you always must have the last word, be my guest.

Thank you. I'll take it.

It really is not all that specific. "From that time onwards the value of complete removal of the tonsil has been accepted." All we have immediately preceding that is two people in the UK and one in the US concluding that a guillotine with a blunt blade was best for total tonsils removal. Since however, this was an Irish paper, I don't see how you can confidently state that the acceptance (and practice) of total tonsil removal took place anywhere apart from the British Isles.

Especially since the two US sources I have provided, contraindicate your interpretation of the paper.