Mobile register and journal., 1845-03-27

The respiration 10 per minute; that after moving the
patient 10 arrange her dress for the operation, anu
Just bef,re this Commenced, the pulse was SoI
and the respiration IL; that Immediately after the
detachment of the bI the pnlse 98-respira-
ton connted; and that after the tina adjustment
of the bandages and dress which required the patient
to be raised and moved about, the pulse WINS 49, and
the respiration l6. All present in stating
that neither the placid cOuntenance Of the patient.
the pecuier na'ua blush Of the checks, expert
enced any change whatever during the whole Pr ocess
that she continued ia the sane profound and quiet
sleep, in which she before noted, and thai had
they not been aware Of what being done, they
would not have suspected il from any Indications
furnished by the patients condition.. ....
The patient having been permitted To sleep on a.
bout half hour after the fnal aTranR Of her
dress, the mesmeriser made passes The seat oil
the operation in order lessen its senshility, and
aroused her in the usual manner, When she engaged
in cheer full conversation with Mr.. kenrck and NY
self. though she had susplsion Of what had Ia
ken place | then introduced 10 her the gentlemen,
who had placed themselves not to he seen by
her awakening, and observed that ] had invited
them come in during her sleep, in order that we
might fully test her insensiby, preparatory to the
| operation. After few minutes of conversation,
asked her when she would like To have the operation
performedl To which she replied the sooner the
better, as she war anxious To get home. added
edo you really think that | could remove your en-
| tire breast when asleep without your knowedgeP
| Answer: "Whv. Doctor, the FACT is. that from the va
| rious experiment am told you have made on me
| really do not know What 10 lhiuk Of H." "Wel
| Madam, suppose were to perform the operation
one Of these days, and 10 inform you oft when you
would awake. would you believe me, and Gould ~,
control your feelings, on finding that il had beer
donef" Ans.-"l could not suppose that you wnult
deceive me, and of course would he very glad, bu
would try not To give away to my feelings" sHays
| you perceived. since your arrival here or do yo'
now perceive, any change in the ordinary sensation
o. s a des ed N9 sir it feels about al
About aqnarter of an hour having eiapsed sine,
she awoke, then told her thai as we found her il
proper state for lie operation, had performed il
and that The breast now removed. She express
ed her ncredulity- said was certainly TESTING, N
il was impossible that il could have been done with
out her know ing at the time, or feeling anyihn,
Of it now She bncame convinced only carrying
her hand 10 The part aud finding that the breast wa,
no longer there. She remained apparently unmovet
| Tor lew moments, when her friends, approachn,
TO congratulate her, her face became flushed, and sh
wept uiaff ciedly for time. The wound heal
ed by the first intention. sI'AI
In lay ing the above narrative before The profession
II is due to the OF truth TO state, that it la.
been submitted 10 ali the physicians present at tn
operation, and that am authorised by thela to ga,
that 1t accords in every particular with their owl
| observations so far AS they present. sheu,
also add that, having no other object IN view thai
the establishment OF the fact that surgical opera
tion may be performed under such crcumstanc e
without the consciousness Of the patient, have de
sisnedly avoided any mention Of the various and in
teresting mesineric phenomena man Tested prior and
subsequently to the operation. These have been
| carefully and judiciously recorded by Mr. kenrlck
whose well din ected zeal has enabled him TO collec
body OF highly important facts from field unoru
nately explored too exclusively in ignorance an
eharatanisu,. Augusta, Ga. LIST Feb, 1916.