False. Documentation of surgical treatment of acute appendicitis began in 1886, the year Edison was born in 1847. In other words, even if his mother had acute appendicitis and a doctor performed surgery on her, Edison would have been 39 years old this year. The most terrifying thing is that when he was 33 years old, the incandescent lamp he invented was already sold in the United States. We can imagine such a scene. Thomas Edison, who was already a great inventor at that time and held the patent for incandescent lamps, not only did not send his mother to the hospital when she had acute appendicitis, but even a kind-hearted doctor came to her home to help her. His mother didn't even light the light during the operation. Edison was definitely a filial son...