Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-11-19
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IMPORTANT SURGICAL OPERATION.

IMPORTANT SURGICAL OPERATION.
It is n source of the utmost pleasure to men
of science, to contemplate the rapid strides
that every department of the Arts and scien-
ces are now making towards ultimate periec-
ton.
The science Of medicine and surgery, mas
much, as every person 's more or less interest
cd in it-~eanuot fail 10 enlist their constant
attention and admiration, az it gradually de-
yelopes strength and power 10 grapple sue
c~essfully with the monster, dlsease-ln any
of the various forms in which it may present
itself.
How much philanthropy and religious de-
votion must that intelligent physician and
surgeon possess, who 10 enthusiastically de-
voted to his profession; who regardless Of
unceaslng toll and labor-regardless of mid
night and midday exposures, in all conditions
Of weather and alike regardless Of the fatal
risks Of contagious diseases, and those risks
necessary to become familiar with morbid
anatomy and all from n pure, benevolent de.
sire ID stand in triumph as qletor over die
ease, in order TO render health and happiness
to The sick, life to the dying, and to give hope
and 10y to The dlsconsoIate. If such a man is
not, emphaticaIIy, a minister of love and mer-
cy, truly, then, none others are. or such
men, honestly exercising their profession, and
tsrcinp their way over NEST ut,toward obstacles
and dlscouragements, we have many but
how often do we see thor zeal almost extin-
guiehed, and how many, whose talents and
devotion would have led them to the highest
sminence-turn from their profession with
disgust, at the IL proportion OF esteem and gra-
titude, so often yielded for that talent and
skill acquired by the sacrifice Of foftune~~of
leng years Of intense application, and often, OF
health, itself.
Such a condition Of things, thank God is
fast ceaslnp 10 exist. Let the profession but
do their duty, by acting in harmonious con-
cert, with frankness and sincerity among
themselves and their patisnts-communica-
ting freely, important discoveries, obscurtng
nothing IN mystery or technlcalities, which
might Otherwise benefit the patient, and then,
the intelligence Of the community will spon.
taneously accord the praise which lie Justly
due TO the man Of science.
The case referred TO, at the head Of this
article, is a ~favorlte family servant belonging
to the estate of the late Madam DuplantIer,
named Sandy, who had been afflicted for the
last twelve years with an enlarged schlrrous
scrotum, the result of urinary tstula-the
urine leaving the urethra by hstulous open
inps near the neck Of the bladder, and escap-
ing through the scrotum and tissue around,
by eight or ten %sinusce, thus causing this va
liable servant to be a loathsotne object Of dis-
gust, and for the most Of the time, incapable
Of rendering any service. For the past six or
eight years, he had been most Of the that
time, in the hands Of sklllful physicians, while
money was freely and cheertuIly expended
for him, to the amount Of near one thou
sand dollars, or npwardr.
His case was growing verse and almost
hopeless when he entered the hospital Of DR..
!. G.. Williams, a few weeks since, where, af-
ter due preparation, he was operated upon by
the Doctor, on the 1Ith Of September, in the
presence Of other physicians and citizens.
The operation was OF such a nature, as 10 do
monstrate fully the boldness Of the operator,
M we'll an his perfect familiarity with the
incest points Of anatomy, The din"ased part
removed, was nearly the size OF tho two fists
OF a man and most OF it had been calculeus,
resembling stonc.) 1t WAS carefully d~issect-
cd from The glands or their investing t~unlrs,
which were embedded in the lpass, and quite
healthy. The whole has been healed up with
out any mutiIatlon, and 20 rapid has been his
recovery, that he was discharged five weeks
| since, and is now emphattcaAy cured.
AT the same time another surgical opera
ton OF consequence was performed on the leg
of a boy of Moses J.. Meeker, Esq; ard about
the same time, a similar operation fer a boy
of Mr.. Martinez.
The operation consisted in removing consi-
| derablc portions OF the tibia, (large bofe in
the lego which was carlous TO some extent.
These gases are rapidly healing.
OBSERVER.
+. $. One important cifcumstance-and
not the least, which has contributed to such
rapid favorable Examinations Of these cases, is
their being under the constant control Of the
| Doctor, by being with him at his plantation
while such a plan is almost the emily one which
will ensure success fer many chronic cases
by having suitable surgical attention, with
control of their exercise and diet, it at the
same time, will be the cheaper both for the
master and patient. The Doctor is prepared
to accommodate many more patients on his
premises, and Intends soon to build a hcspi a
with desirable accommodations for both rich
and poor. y.