Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-09-22

the wen, citizen If Fairfax county, htty'tWo
/ years Old, and who for long nomber OF yeers
! pas has ceea frequently OBSERVED en- the streets
of this c;;7, With an immense feshy tum7r sus'
pended from his chin, yesterday submitted 10 q
/ surgical operation for the r5fnova! u The ex-
crescenc, Since last seen publicly the tumor
hal greatly en'arge1 and previous 10 the oper'
alton. il extended from the whole under surface
of the lower Jaw to the navel, and was about
tweG,y-sevcn inches 10 circumference. Its un'
! der surface had become irritated from rubbing
agaHst the breast bone, and the irritation hau
progressed into Inflammation, and from 1t there
was . profuse discharge of very offensive mat
ter. and this discharge had debilitated the pa
tjent considerably. The tumor had been grow
| ine Tor twenty years and for long time the
patient had thought about having it removed
| and had consulted many surgeons upon the
subject, but the objections were so numerous
| that he cou.i no; make up his mind to uddctg0
an opcraion for rs cytirpatlOu untl! 1t had
become so uawieldy, and the OF dor from 1t So
disagrceabc, that his lite with it was tormen
to himself aud his friends, and death preiera
be. and at this late stage, and when the dan
ger o. au operation had consequently been
pre .tly enhanced, he couseutcd to risk the use
of the knife He WAS fifty two years old, as
has b,en stated, and was not well supplied with
good olooi, bu. # the tumor were allowed to
remain h. anus, necessarily have died in short
time, aud while he remained alive, with 1t, he
would be in constant misery, aud cause OF
pain 10 Others, 50 DR.. NJ. NJ. Lewis determined
to atnputatc it, anl this he did, assisted by DIS
Browp, French, Gregory aud Powell of this
city, acd Fox, OF Fairfax Court House, yester-
lay. at the Railroad House, upper end OF King
street. The patient took drlnk, and was laid
IN h. table at half,pas: eleven O'Clock a. m,
aud put IN Ter the influence OF chloroform.-
The integument covering the tumor was ull OF
arsc veins aud small arteries, aud as main
feature 10 the success of the operation was the
saving CT every drop OF blood possible, a long
Medic vas inserted just under the skin, at the
leck of the tumor, carried entirely around the
latter, Immediately beneath the skin, brought
out at the same opening through which it en-
tered and the two ends Of the silk with which
il was threaded drawn together and tied tight
lv, 81 a. TO compress as much as it was able
The blood vessels that supplied it. An incisoD
va. then made in the skin about ten inches
ING, and The tumor, which proved to be OF 4
srist'y character, and looked exactly like q
reeHs heart enlarged to three times its natural
81, WAS torn from It's attachments, as butchers
tear kidneys from their surrounding tat, until
/. neck or ped,ce was reached The chain Of the
eaa,,ur, al instrument used for dividing parts
f the human body slowly, and By MASKING the
veins aul arteries to prevent their bleeding,
vas then carried through the middle OF the
neck of the lumor, and an attempt made to cur
through One-halt it, but Of so tough and IN
Welding character was it that the
ecraseur, after reducing the size OF what II con
tuned to about the diameter Of an inch, could
not divide j., aud its use consequently had to
he abandoned, and knife substituted, with
which the whole appendage was removed In
moment The little blood that oozad from the
stump was stopped by the application OF a
>ryptic. The superintendent skin was then cut
away, the edges soged together, aud dressed
and at four O'clock IL the evening, when the
operation terminated, the patient, who had
ons before recovered from the effects Of the
chioroiorm, and who had not altogether los
more than three ellis OF blood, had suffered so
it!o that he wanted to walk from the operating
table to his bed in another part of the room.
aud is now doing well and will probably recover