Sir Morell Mackenzie; physician and operator; a memoir compiled and ed from private papers and personal reminiscences . ration of life in cases oflaryngeal cancer is two years, and there arewell authenticated instances of patients un-doubtedly suffering from the disease havinglived for three and even four years. Takingthe average period, however, the Emperors expectation of life was till February, several months of his existence weresacrificed through unskilful treatment, and theuse of clumsy instruments. Perhaps all the evil results ought not to belaid on the shoulders of Bergmann a
Sir Morell Mackenzie; physician and operator; a memoir compiled and ed from private papers and personal reminiscences . ration of life in cases oflaryngeal cancer is two years, and there arewell authenticated instances of patients un-doubtedly suffering from the disease havinglived for three and even four years. Takingthe average period, however, the Emperors expectation of life was till February, several months of his existence weresacrificed through unskilful treatment, and theuse of clumsy instruments. Perhaps all the evil results ought not to belaid on the shoulders of Bergmann and Bramann,as the rapid development of the disease was, inpart, probably caused by Gerhardts extraor-dinary abuse of electric cautery. The slowprogress of laryngeal cancer is universallyrecognized; the hard encasing cartilage resistingthe progress of the disease. In this case, how- PEEICHONDEITIS. 347 ever, Gerhardts reckless use of the red-hot wireno doubt set up the perichondritis which formedsuch a prominent feature in the case, andhastened the fatal result. (See also BritishMedical Journal, I., 1888, p. 1360.). APPENDIX F. F. BiSMARCKiAx Policy and the EmperorFredericks Death. It is difl&cult to resist the impression that theBismarck faction was extremely anzious to guideProvidence into the right course of politicalaction, by arranging for the translation of theEmperor Frederick to another world, if possible,before the death of his venerable father. HadMackenzie declared him to be unfit to reign,Bismarck would have no doubt declared aregency; failing that, the passage of the Alpsin mid-winter, which finished Mazzini, and hasproved in more senses than one fatal to moreheroes than one, seemed not the Emperor at last arrived unex-pectedly, fit and capable for the transactionof public business, there was nothing for itbut to wait for his death with such patienceand resignation as so fiery and unscrupulous apolitical faction could command, but upon the 352 APP
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