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Modern SurCerv.

Mr.. Eattor You may, probably, find the
following extract, which | take from late
number Of the Philadelphia L,;3y,r, Of some
Interest TO your readers. Here and there,
throughout the country, arc many unfortunate
PERSONS, laboriny under diseases OF maliurma-
tons alnenaLlc only to the surgeons hnifc,
who, were they aware Of it, might be quite
*';.'i 10 avail thcmsclvc; Of the chances thus
afforded OF relief Physicians in the country
ale rarely ""rwO"%, from the fact tilat thew
nave htI!c or II" practice in that department Of
the healing art; but IN all large cities and c,.
rcc'ally IN Philadelphia, they abound, and
there is II" telling what -au be-, and IS done.
almost daily, for The relief oi SUFFERING and
di:li3urcd humanity by the ail of ancsthc,ia
ahd the kniir. The writer submitted himself
on Three several occasions'to the lat tcr ,r;tho,
IN" io'"r, under tho skiI'rl hand Of the sur
econ below named, i'll the execution of one of
the most difficult Of all the operations in sur
"c.y, AMI, ALTHOUGH the result wa, not ,rhoVy
satisfactory, still the benefit secured more
THAN c"npcnsatcs for The pain suffered. MANY
diseases and defects OF the eye, car, mouth,
, and SO on, as have intimaicI, can be relieved
only in this way; and 10 all such as may be
thus afflicted, would aay, ii they arc afraid
20 trust the skill OF q c,""ry SURGEON, 90 to
some city where the best known and tried
skill is to DC found, and Try what can be done.
AT the present day, no respectable surgeon
will ever use the knife unless some reasonable
prospect of success exists. But TO the extract
; "I>rrr,:srtSa SURGICAL DrrwAr,ox.-On Sat
ur'lav. Prof. IIal>cv, "f, the Philadelphia Col
lcsc Of Medicine, ut the clini'lu", in consc.
| Inrmcc oil q canccrouS iuInor situated IN the
| nose of lady. removed nearly the whole of
| tIla: Important organ. After which piecc of
skin OF the proper size and sar. was dissrctcl
| up from the forehead and placed in the proper
. position, thus making; an almost entire new
nose. The patient, VIC understand, resides in
the Southern part of the city, and is now doing
well ; every prospect OF an entirely success.
full operation. Sucl, is one Of the accomplish
+ mcnts Vf modern surgery.
! This reminds me OF n rather am,rsin~ Lrt
very painful AID important operation wllicl,
was performed by ono OF the Philadelphia sur,
scons some years since, detailed to mc bv one
who assisted in the operation 4 young man,
residing several hundred miles from the city,
! in some one Of the New Eng land States, "f.ll
! III love- with young lady. Dut, alas Ma
| turc, it seemed had lccn rather lavish in civ.
ing him q sort of c!cphantnc prohoscis, and
! his n'l"rcI nucincn gave him "phc n,ttcn''
because, as size i:lsinua!c'l, "hi4 nose was too
I bigs" The poor fellow WAS, of course, ago.
nizcd; but he was determined TO have the
prize, and the end justified the means, as he
thought. So of he pnts to Ihilalclriiu, dc.
! tcrnincd to have Natures work Icmolccl
by Art. DIR. McClintock the SURGEON applied
to, refused to undertake the Job, on the ground
that there was no disease and to TrighLcn
him, told him his fco would bc 800! "Ncvcr
mind the fec" he insisted, tI am able to pay
any fee; reduce thc!saizc Of my nose, and l
will submit to any reduction you please in the
size Of my purse" SO young I.otl,ario insist,
cd anu, fearful lest he might actually commit
suicide or dclncnt himself the surgeon finally
. undertook tie case. Chlorolorm was not then
in Use as an ancsthctic in surgery. and so the
! poor fellow had 10 endure the terrible Mar;ay
! wide awake and sensible. lie sat down, an
assistant placing; himself hi: feet 10 prevent
any unnecessary kicking, anu Submitted to the
operation without :: single exclamation or
/ Sioan more than an occasional cXhortatiun to
! the assistant ';n bear down on his feet The
nose was skinned and shaved of to the proper
size, rs the Docter thought, anu in a few days
was well. Eut the young fellow was not sat-
slicd, and insisted, vcllcncntiy as ever, for a
/ repetition Of the trimming. IL was still too
large for his iadylovc's fastiiious eye, he was
sure. The operation was repeated, in the
same way, and with the same stoical cndu.
rance on the patients part and in few days
after he left the city, delighted witt, the beauty
of his nose, but forgetting altogether that lie
had crer been indebted either TO the surgeon or
toathc proprietor of tho hotel but illustrating,
! very forcibly, in his own person anu character,
the powerful influence Of woman, tho skill Of
surgical art, and the base inyratitudc of man.