Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-02-09
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n Wonderfut Medical OperaiiOn-A
CAiid swallow. "a Large Bean and
Becomes Lifeitss-ts Etraction of the
Bean by a Surgeon.
Cleveland Leader, 2lst.

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C@iid swallows Large Bean and
Becomes Bifeisss-ts Etraction of the
F Bean by n Surgeon.
Cleveland Leader, 2lst.
An accident, which nearly proved fatal,
took place on the West Side yesterday.
little boy, ten years of age, while Innocent
ly playing with large bean in his mouth
accidentally swallowed it and Immediately
experienced the most intense pain. The
child was Immediately taken to the opera
ting rooms Of DR.. Weber, where the doctor
proceeded to extract the bean A person
not practiced in examining patients in such
a condition would have believed the child
TO be dead.
4 deadly palor overspread his counte-
nance, the eyes were CLASSY and without ex
preston, the muscles ali relaxed and the
perspiration entirely suspended. Every
appearance Indicated that the grim king of
terrors had impressed his ineffaceable seal
upon the young boy The actual presence
of death would hardly have changed the
stiffened lin. bs and whitened features of the
youth, who seemed to have been snatehed
away from his loving and tender parents in
a moment of idle playfulness. Dd1lng
minute and a half the child remained with
out breathing. Allthe students surrounded
the child in breathless silence, and DR.
Weber proceeded to extract the troublesome
bean It had passed down out of the wind
pipe into the opening that leads into the
lung, and there stopped.
DR.. Weber began the operation by maxi
ING longitudinal incision in the neck Just
below the ponatna Adan1i, in vulgar par
lance Adams apple. His next step was
pass an instrument down through the incis-
ion, draw up the bean and pull it out with
pair of foroeps. The child still presented
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the bean had been extracted the lncision
was held open by two hooks and by press
ing on the child's chest the air in it was
driven out. The blood at the opening was
sponged off, and by relieving the pressure
on the breast and pressing on the sides be-
meath the arms air was drawn in through
the aperture made by the incision.
A mechanical passage of air was thus eS-
tabished and by continued efforts the child
began to breathe and show signs of con-
sciousne8s. The color returned, the eyes
received their wonted expression, and the
little child whose feet had almost touches
the black river of death, began to move.
There We're about fifty Students present,
and the success of the experiment brought
down the house with loud applause.
The parents of the child sat in an ad-
Joining room in breathless expectation,
hopes of the child's recovery, and fears of
his death contending in their bosoms. The
noise of the students caused them to make
q rush into the operating-room, where the
child lay with every appearance of robust
health. Their JOY was SO great that it be-
came necessary to take the child away from
them to prevent him from being smothered
by their caresses. They overwhelmed DR..
Weber with thanks, as well they might do,
for the precision, skill and good Judgment
exhibited in the operation.