 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Muchiuno chaAchilles chaMambo chakarapwa muna January 1902, uye ipapo muna June akawana kuzvimba kwakasimba mudumbu. Treves haana kubvisa chirwere chacho, icho chaiva, uye kuzvimba kwakanga kwakapoteredza appendix uko kwaida kubviswa mvura. Kutora koronaKuberekwa kwamambo mutsva kwakanga kwakarongerwa 26 June 1902, asi pana 24 June, Edward akaonekwa aine appendicitis. Treves, achitsigirwa nomukuru mukuru wezvokurapa, Ishe Lister, akaita kuvhiya kwakanga kwakanyanyisa panguva iyoyo kwokuchera tsvina yeappendix yakanga yabatwa neutachiona kupfurikidza nokucheka kuduku ndokusiya appendix isina kukuvara. Ikoku kwakanga kuri panguva apo appendicitis kazhinji kazhinji yakanga isingarapwi nokuvhiya uye yakatakura mwero wakakwirira worufu. Kuvhiya kwacho kwakaitwa patafura muMusic Room muBuckingham Palace. Mambo akanga aramba kuvhiyiwa nemhaka yokugadzwa kwaiva pedyo, asi Treves akasimbirira, achitaura kuti kana akanga asingabvumirwi kuvhiyiwa, panzvimbo pezvo kwaizova nomariro. Zuva rakatevera racho, Edward akanga akagara pamubhedha, achisvuta fodya. 