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In June,
1881 Dr. t. Beaumont retired and Dr. Surgeon Major
D. F. Keegan took-over charge as a residency surgeon in
the Indore Charitable Hospital.
In Dec.
1881 the Surgeon General, Government of India, Dr.
Cuningham visited the Indore Charitable hospital and
remarked that he was most agreeably surprised at the
great amount of surgical & medical work done at
Indore Charitable hospital.
Dr.
Keegan continued the excellent clinical & Surgical
work established initially by Dr. Beaumont at the Indore
Charitable Hospital He became internationally known for
using a forehead skin flap for the reconstruction of
cut-nose for the first time in the world. The result of
this work culminated in the printing of a book on
Rhinoplasty Operation in 1900 and the results therein
match the finest surgery done any where in the world
today.
In 1883,
the Indore Charitable Hospital was the first in India to
adopt the then modern operation of Lithotripsy of one
sitting for bladder stones.
In 1883,
the Viceroy of India, Lord Dufferin and Lady Dufferin
visited the Indore Charitable Hospital and the Viceroy
was pleased to express his approval of the working of
this Hospital.
In 1885
Begelow's operation (litholapaxy or rapid evacuation)
for bladder stones was introduced. Indore Charitable
Hospital was one of the first in India to treat boys
with bladder stones by this method of surgery.
In 1886 a
female ward was constructed of a cost of Rs. 1500 and in
1887 a female medical class was started in the Medical
School enrolling 6 female students.
In 1887,
at the Indore Charitable hospital 518 major surgeries
were done and of these, 296 operation were on the eye .
Many cataract surgeries were done with successful
results in over 90% of cases. What a wonderful record
for Dr. Keegan !
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