Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-10-09
SOUTHERN SURGERY


Messrs. Edtors.-I present at an operation p.,rm
ed by Professor Warner aided by his coleaques p,o(.so
Cullen and ChamberaYnc, At the Hospital attached 10 IN,
Medical College OF this City. u negro man from the
County OF Isle oi Wight, Friday, the 18th u Thai, for
difficulty danger, pain, and all the other horrors naturally
accompanying such seoncs and for tho skill necessary To lis
performance, stands without parallel American Surgery
aud IN the Surgical statistics OF any age or coun
try Ii was difficult to determine which most claimed the
admiration vi the crowd Of Physicians and Students that
witnessed it, the GOODNESS and praciced skill Of the Surgeon
and his associates, the soical mness Vi their unf
nate patient,
The operation consisted in the removal Of the whole of
the lower jaw anterior the anges-rendercd necessary
BY The existence Of Osieo Sacoms all that portion of il
IN which the teeth placed The Surgeon commenced
by an ncson the left articulation of the Jaw with the
Head and continued tho right auicnlaon and then
made another below it Of the sams extent embracing
tween tncso sJmswha pa.elel portion of
skin covering the umor. The MUSCLES attached TO the
Jaw were all severed, aud many blood vessels requiring H.
aures. cut and the bone sawed through Immediately in
front Of the angleS Of the Jaw aud the whole mass
weighing, aiior ing emped Of blood more linn yo
aud half lbs, removed An apprehension was entertained
Of the reiacon oi the tongue detached from it,
connection with the jaw and consequently suTocation or
the pacn-io obviaie this, ligaturc WI, passed through
the tongue aud held by one Of tie assistant ur>eon, NJ
such elect hIwo'er, produced the tongue when Sc
vtrcd from iis attachments. hanging loosely without any
tendency Whatever TO foracton. Words are Inadequate Il,
describe the horrible appearance Of the presented
when the iumour was remoycd-a h, lower part of the
lace turned over the upper part O IT, the skin on the up
per part Of ,e throat TUNED down. exposing through the
d'esdiu oas his palate, opsis aud adjacent parts he
at intervals forcing by effort the blood that insin
uscd itself into the windppe showers Oh the operator
aud assistants.
Twenty days have elapsed and the patient is rapidly re-
coVernR-te parts nearly all healed and his genot.
health perfect Tie speaks with Il, he
understood readily and takes his food with nut difficulty
The il the third operation Of the kind that has been per
formed with entire by d. Warner al the Celego
Hspiil-onco a GO FROM Nouh Cnr,ln,
some five years ago-tlis Spring q white man from
E'@eS county and the present IL the first operation
one half Of the Jaw from the left articulation to the mid
die oi tho chin, wed In the second yothrJ,
and in the last all.
The operations 1t tho College, am told average two
week-snd are n tho most diversified character Giving
to the Stud mt The most accurate knowledge OF their future
proesson knowledge that lifetime paced in witnessing
operations on the dead body would never give.
was glad 10 b. Informed that ito prospects Of the com
ing class ni tho Medical College every way altering
for no fucccs'. however great, would be- than ti.
Srhop richly merits has superior in any respect and
many particulars greatly he prcoued To any Of IL.
rivals whether North South In Surgery aud The prsc-
teal branches Of MeJeins-in the Clinical dopa,nent-
in the choapnoss aud abundance ~ the sieral ~ Anaom
cal nsuoIonin tho cheapnes- 81 BVsrd ~ por week
every Thug, fuel lights &C. included fof good loafJl
md. above s IN tn nesmsble advantage II being taught
Ia nea Southern dis,ase Ly l"so whose lives have been
passed IN it, ostnentralhcr Than by those acquainted
by personal obscrvsuon with disease exists ~ the north
only ny those who have practical knowlodge u dis
ease az II exists any where. a CITIZEN.