Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-07-16

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One Of the most difisul. operations in
surgery was yesterday performed BY Dr..
z. D. Harris, Of Virginia City. assisted
BY DR.. s. A. McMeans. There are not
moro than ten or twelve successful OPP
erations Of the same kind ON record phi
or 10 the last American war. II II e.
pecially dificult and dangerous. from
the fact that not more than the thick.
moss Of . sheet Of paper separates the
collar bone, which was taken out. from
some Of the most vital parts Of the hu.
man body. and the least bungling might
have caused almost instant death. The
| operation was performed on . young
man named John Kinney. who lives ON
A street. Virginia, near Union street.
lie had his
Cellar Dsss Frssssrsd
About Ave months ago. BY . fall in the
Turneu' Hall. but bad not the slighsst
idea that such MAS the case until his
shoulder began to swell up and become
exceedingly painful. We learn from him
that he was ut first treated for iniam-
maiory rheunatism by physician Of
Virginia City. under whose treatment
be steadily failed. growing terribly ema-
ciated during the three weeks he was
undor his treatment. Al this time his
shoulder was badly swollen. and II APP
peaIei ~ II
His Days were Nuabered.
Which very likoly would have been the
case. had not DIR. Harris, who arrived In
Virginia about this time, been called
10 his assistance. In ten minutes after
the doctor saw the young man he had
lanced the swollen shoulder from which
more than q pint Of pms ran out. The
Doctor then found. by examining the in
jured part, that the collar bone had
been fractured. Tho only thing that
could now be done was to
naiia Him mp,
Give tone to his system and allow nature
to work on him for some time. This
xas four months ago. since which time
he has been steadily improving until
now. he 10 In robust health.
During all this time nature has been
silently but steadily providing for the
formation Of q new bone-ths old ono
having been diseased by the abscess
which formed around the fracture. 80
that u would not knit--by throwing out
something like cartilage (the medical
term for which NO do not know. and
would not give II We did. around the
diseased portion OF the bone, which was.
therefore. in the center Of the new for
nation. Yesterday the doctor, who had
all this time been waiting for this TO
take place. concluded it This new for
mation) had become solid enough 10 re-
move the diseased portion OF the bone
without danger Of the shoulder falling
down. through lack Of the support OF
tho collar bone. He. therefore, called
In DIR. McNsans to his assistance and
performed an operation that stands
among the most successful in surgical
practice. The young man who has the
Heart Of Lies,
Was not placed under the influence OF
any drug. but stood the painful opera
tiou while in tho full possession Of his
senses. Nature, which cannot always
DO controlled by the will. gave way for a
lew moments. but he was soon restored.
and bmvely stood the remainder Of the
operation, which altogether lasted . lit
tle over half an hour. without even q
groan escaping his lips. About three
inches Of tho bone was taken out, be-
ginning about an inch from its junction
with the breast bone.
AFTER the Operatives
Hal been completed and his clothes put
ON, ho went away home in the best Of
spirits. having passed an ordeal that
had for months been q good cause Of
uneasiness TO him dread. perhaps.
would be q filter torn. He surprised
his people with the intelligence that the
operation, the thought of which had long
lain like q nightmare ON the minds OF
his family, had been successfully per-
formed. This morning he was In the
very best Of spirits. and his shoulder on
which il an ugly looking cut about two
and q half inches long. was but little
swollen or infiamed. There Is no doubt
but that In q worry short time he will be
almost ~ well as before he received tho