Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser., 1845-05-31
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a before the use Of the knife. Subss,
quently the prectorsl muscle, which ~
been laid bare, was twice o. thrice seen n
contract, when touched with the eDonrc /.
removing the blood. About rs minuse.
after the. operation, I treme endous srs,r,.s
was perceiy u in her lower INV. which y =
instantaneously arrested " tie appsicat;on
Of the Mesmeriser's hand 70 the pes;ent,s I
head. This Phenomenon recurred n ahoui
ten minutes after, and va acain Il a.
same nanners quieted. Professor Ford.
who counted the pulse and respirul;on,
s'aies that before any preparations ~.s
MADE Tor the operation, the pulse wss SO.
and the respiration Is per minute, thaf
after moving the patient 10 arms ~,
dress for the operation, and just before ~
commenced, tho pulse was 88 and The -
piration ~; that Immediately aftxr the a..
tachment Of the breast the pulse v;as 81.
respiration not counted, and thai sfier ths
final adjustment Of the bandaees ana drkss.
which required the patient to b raised and
moved about the pulse was 98, and ths
respiration Ia. AL present concur in stat.
ing that neither the placid countenance ii
the patient, nor the peculiar natural lh,sh
Of the cheeks, experienced any change
whatever during the whole process; thai
she continued in the same profound and
quiet sleep in which she was before IN
operation, (with the exceptions above ro,.
ed and that had they not been sware u
what was being done they would hot l,sy1
suspected il from any indications furnished
BY the petient's condition.
The patient having been permitted 10
sleep on about half an hour after the A
nal arrangement Of her dress, the Mes
merlzer made passes over the seat or Oh.
Grafton, in order to lessen its sensibil;ty.
and aroused her in the usiiai manner.
when she engaged in cheerful conyersa-
ton with Mr.. Kendrick and nysel. =
though she had no suspicion Of what h,d
taken place. then introduced 10 her IN
gentlemen who had placed themselves 8
as not to be seen BY her on awakening.
and observed, that l had invited them
to come in during her sleep, in order that
we might fully test her insensibility, nre-
paratory to the operation. After d few
minutes Of conversation, I ssked hsy
when she would like the operation ner.
formedp to which she replied, the sooner
the better, as she was anxious 10 oct
home. ] added, do you really ,hink
that ! could remove your entire breast.
when asleep, without your knowledee e?,s
I"Why, doctor, the fact Is, that from The
various experiments am told YOU havss
made on me, really do not know vbat
to think Of it, swell, Madam, suppose
! weresto perform the operation one of
these days, and to inform you Of Il when
you would awake, would you believe me
and control your feelings, on finding th,t,
It had been donep" II could not saueose
that you would deceive me, and of cour,s
l would be very glad, but would try not
to give way to my feelings" "TIaye yeu
perceived, since your arrival here. ar
DO you now perceive, any change III the
ordil Try sensations of. the Affected breastpp
"No sir, it feels about Is II has done for
some time past" About quarter .of -
hour having elapsed since she woke. I
then told her that, a. w. found her IL I
proper state for the operation. ! bad Der.
formed it, and that the breast Wal now
removed. She EXPRESSED her incredulitv
said ! certainly was testing, a. il was
impossible that il could have been done,
without her knowing it at the time. s.
feeling anything Of It now: She became
convinced on carrying her hand 30 ihs
part and finding that the breast was NO
longer there. She remained apparently
unmoved for . few minutes, when her
friends, approaching to congratulate her.
her face became Aushcd, and che went
unafectedly for soms time. The lxt.and
healed BY the first intention.
In laying the above narrative befcse
the profession, it il due 70 The caliss q.
truth to state, that it has been subm;tted
TO all physicians present at The operation,
and that am authorized by them 10 say
that it accords in every particular with
their own observations % far ~ thev
were present. / should Ylso sdd sh.f.
having no other object in view thsn the
establishment Of the fact that ! surris-
operation may be performed Under suck
circumstances without The col,sciousne,.
Of the patient, have desikne&ily avoid~s
any mention Of the various and in,erea.
ing Mesmeric phenomena manifested ,r;,
and subsequent 10 the operation. Tho.
have been carefully and jadiciously i.
corded BY Mr.. Kendrick, whoss well
directed zeal has enabled him u. collect .
body Of highly important facts from Geld
unfortunately explored exclusively il H.
norance and charlatapism. TFts'
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