Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-04-27
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SCIENCE IN SURGERY.

III i9eo osP''.S' III tllis year OF our
~ ,i,.. III; No'iGc IS posied tlat amputaton
VI 'ae I M" WIN DC performed at o'clock P.
l,, CIV We occuPy our seats ten minutes be.
III 70
Ino area HseH Is small, OF horseshoe
;ni'Ii,, ""u surrounded ny seats rising on steep
ai,,I'"e o'ie duoFe another, to the number Of
oo. VI t'''0 'ie' D. FROM luo 10 lou students
Ill Ipy NEST anu pack pretty closely, especl-
~ '"I iomer rows, whence the best view
800. 20 oo''Ncu' ror a'l aSsemDaSe OF youths be-
NiSl'een ana twenty nVe years, who
n% I,t"S 10 uo out 10 wait, they are toler'
~ VIZ" "endNeu ana quiet Three or four
Pl"clicai JokerS, however, are distributed
among tnehl, and SO the time passes all the
quicker ior The rest, The clock has not long
eVuoh TWO when the folding doors open, and
~ ""H TWO or thrce OF the leadlng surgeons
noePi''i' lolio"Gu ny st"ll Vi uIeSsers,
%iu d" IL" PROFESSIONAL looKers"oh inc latter
Geins cOlilhSu 10 seats reserved iof mem on
ne lowest ana lhherhost tler small table,
80. Useren WIN Instruments occupies place on
~, VI 'ii1 az" ""'ei, sPonSes' towels,
III "ae P'''Ueu vi. '"e opposHe' Inc surgeon
go. o%o'ut " opeI"'e' raPIuly eIaHces over the
. .aD,e' anu sees lliat Ills instruments are all
iio' an" III Le"uiless. nc requests col.
" '"He chafSe Oh tle tourhlquet, and
gan. =, "oiu uepu'es 90, one assistant 10 take the
hapJ & " ,ioi.. ''Ie nun anu tilru 10
- ''e ii9'i uliien's' anu ,,ie i'St 10 take
,nI';iss Vi tie sPcnscsi Inns uone' ana
W. 'ao p''icnt Is Inhtlilis cm"roiorm IN
an IuJoiili's apartment, uli1er the care OF
5nt'eiil"i WHO MAKES mat MS speeial duty,
Vpela'Et sl'es ~ tiiG no" iusheu ana lis
n.,'S "uI;'TIy pilel history Oh thG clrcum
"hlcii ieu 10 an ihculdole dlsease OF
iel' JOINT anu inc reasons why lie de
iuSS on the operatoI ABOUT 10 oe performed
rtv mas scarcely closeC, Wheh tlle unconscious
P "..e"' 10 oiVusn' III W " coupie Vi sturuy
III ''''u ialu up" wv opei"tns t"DiG'
i'' Dus c GU II lou' 'I I
9 ~ w. NJ ~ status III tiig
y. '.ie .N's ny ieI' Icing 'Ne uooliieu
~ II. 10 ~ o""u"Se 10 oi'e
~ ~. '"Je' 81 do ~ oe out Vi
;aI -! my s'ie WV l"e ePe
81 .no 49, 10 se"teu vi 10" Stool
a. t.'e 'ooV vi VIC 'aole anu supports the lelt
me SUI eeon VINO asSlstS, enclrcieS tne upper
p"'a u Tue t'tisH WIN !"e 'ourhlquet, Placing
40 pIu J'ei 1nG le'i1i"i arIeiy' ti'e GileI yes
81 ouPPi'eo ''i' NUM- WIN plooi, anu
PiN ~ 80" up '.T HiSii u''eit' 'ius 10
% sur ''laI no cohsiGeraole amount OF inc
l'"i 1u'u 0''ii VI u.s. 1ie operator staudlhg
VI tiio tti' siue VI .'ie eoilespoHuhS eS, anu
-, Ii;S nl't narrow stIaiSHI
Va niSn liie oi%ue 10 ''t e"s' 'eil inches
~ NUNS MAJ .eiiousy oll9llt anu S'atP'
form, and awaits the signal that the patient has
become perfectly insensible. All is silence
profound; every assistant stands in his place,
which is carefully arranged so as not TO inter.
cept the view of those around,
The words quite ready" are no sooner
whispered than the operate. grasping firmly
with his left hand tITr flesh which forms rle
front part of the paticut's thicb TRUSTS onipt-
" and deliberately the sbarn blade borizoutal.
" through the limb. from lis outer TO its inner
side. so that the thioh is trgnsdxod = lille
above its central axis and in front of the bone
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