New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-06-27
surgical Operation without Pain.

We copy the following operation tor the remova
OF polypus from the nose from the May number OF
The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal We OF
course know nothing about the matter beyond the
acts furnished By highly intelligent and respectable
witnesses And this particular case is written by
most unwilling witness In the mean time a. the
attention of physicians Is drawn 10 the subject and
more become cmboldened by a few fearless exam
pies to speak out in regard TO topic on which they
are met by ridicue and no, by argument, the num-
Der of these cases seems to accumulate.
There are now recorded the extirpation Of breast
nj Par, by Jules Cloquet one by Drs Hamard and
Oudei, at Paris and one by Prof Ducas at savan-
nah. the removal OF diseased bone from the jaw By
Dr. Charlton at the Melville hospital Chatham, Eng,
the division OF tendons by DR.. Engedue of South
sea- an ampuiaiion Of the thigh by DR.. Ward at the
Mellow hospital. No;iinghamshIre Dr. TassweIs
operation of the same character performed on Mar,
Ann Lakin at Leicester, Eng, the amputation OF 3
lee by Dr. Jones at Bangor. Me, the extrpaiion Of
ton-il, By DR. Bodinier at Pari-, and the removal o.
a tumor from the neck b. the same gentleman II
New-York All these cases are well atiested by
crcdiiable Witnesses and II any one wants an eN
1--WE merely give the facts
r. RE Editor ofh, Boston Mdica and Surgical Journal
Dy,r srR-Additonal 70 the accounts Of ike result.
hat have lately reached from various quarters
pertinent has dragged me into being witness Of tn
particular. that hereby detailed % you As follows
Tor wha; hey are worth attending the removal IN July
IA Of uoypu- from The nose % patent m me me
rnrr condition. give this name 10 the condition slt
wa. "A for want OF better one-bui names are Of ule
consequence. the facts only prom notes taken al th'
unel being intended % BE- regarded Inc panent came
fr,nl N0ufvile Ia mile. distant - belfast TOR the iur
nose If having M operate. she very respectable
woman OF mild disposition and manners Of consdeIau,
energy and activity fair complexion about - years OF
are married had one child, vas person Of good con
,r,tio and "a every appearance healthy at n.
That tufnor OF an Obousrounded form largely A.
tached base probably half an inch IN ~ smallest diane
Ter and had been there three months. The base wa
arser Dropostonsy than the average Of cases within my
exterience and 30 nrniy 4fneIent that IN removing u
va. obliged 10 II away IN pieces. bad laid out my
instruments and about proceeding Ia the operation
when she proposed 10 be masneuzed u u was possible
a. .h dreaded the pam THAI would have u be borne
and a. she was entirely unacquainted In town, a. her
request procured the att naAnce Of gentleman ~hn
bad the reputation OF being good nagneizer Nr r
Quimhy although entirely iaitA4e,s on my own part o.
Z ,oid her AZ the tim. ael others before who had
asked what thought Of animal magnetism am quit
confident ina, the lady and Ir lsunby hal never me
before and that there was nothing previously concerted
am also cnrrler tea, .oe tg1t 10 medicine 10 induce
..,iror In tn minutes affcr cOumencln- sle wa put
t6 .tare Of appsr,nty natural sleep STING upright u
her chair breathing and pulse na'ura-coor OF eounie
nsnc, unchanged We then moved her from The back
oart Of nv room where she happened % be Suing 10
window for the i.ehf Mr. G. asked her u -ne iet wei
-ne answered distinctly yes immediately IN TOE pre-
seuce o; seversi of mO-t noted clrzen-, VINO Ia
eeu called in az ter reque- began 10 remove M
olytl- and did Il thoroughly craprg the aides oi III
rf repeatedly with the iorceP- 60 a. ~ D. sure thar
had removed all the remaining fragments There wa
come hemorrhsre say nearly an ounce Of blood wa
operating four Or nve minutes al least During the
whole time she e.inctd not the slightest symptom OF
pain either by any zruAuns signing or motion vnaterer
but IN al the.e respects precisely Ike me dead body
III, convinced that might vel nave anpciaed n-r
arm The circumstance that struck me- az The Tine moot
-ny,iary Of al this s0on rs the blood began u
-n down the fauces there ~as slgnt rough, rattn.
.ount Of the breathing One Of the bys'snders sald sns
: cho.inrto death Mr Z hsgksd and syl, repeatedly
when .he did the same and splt The blood out Of her
nOuth In s5ou. zen minutes after she was s~aked Du'
ad se was unconscious ina; anything had been done
complained Of 10 pan. and found that sn- could nov
hreAh- freely through tia, had been entirely
closed Up FOR sewers. preceding nontrs
Yours, very sincerely.
AlBURT i. wHEELOCK, ~ D.
B<ifas Ne April ls, l-45.