The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-11-22
DEATH UNDERTlIE SCALPEL
4 NEW ILLUSTRITION or THE DAM
GER or ETHERIZ1TION.
Tho Startling Termination OF an Operation
before the students In the Twcntv-ihird
-irret HOMEOPATHIC Medical COllege.

before the students in the Twcntv-third
street Homo uopnthic Medical College.
A tooth liberated in the left upper inv
OF Mr.. John II. Hallock Of Planneld, New Jer-
sey six months ago. To the liberation he gave
little attention; but when, six weeks ago acute
pain In the jaw began TO annoy him hc consulted
a local dentist. The latter said that Mr.. Hal
locks Jaw was diseased, and a student In the
homeopathic Medical College at Third avenue
and 1weuty-third street, invited Mr.. Hallock to
the college. DR.. William Tod Helmuth, the
Professor of Surgery, found Mr. IIallock suffer-
ing with necrosis Of tho left superior maxllary,
or rottcnness of the left upper jaw, and decided
that 1t must be removed.
MIR. Hallock and his wife appeared In the
homeopathic Hospital on Saturday. the former
to be operated upon by Prof. IIelmuth. A pad
i'm pregnatcd with ether was applied TO Mr. Hal
locks nostrs, anu dier ,yw Ws pInrcd on the
oncratng table, the nmphitheatrc being occu-
Prof ii"lmuth had Sit Mr. IIallock's lip left OF
the median line, drawn several interVehlns
teeth, and begun to extract the decayod Jaw
when he observed that Mr.. Hallock was diving:
The Professor throw aside the knife that he
had been using, aud, aided by his assistant.
| Mr. IIallocks life. But Mr.. Hallock died.
Prof. Helmuth said Yesterday; "A student H,
| -. | perceived that part or the whole OF his
| left upper jaw was decayed, and should be re-
! moved. On the following IucSuaSs uS appoint
ment he came to my ONCE. lie, was extremely
| nervous. and his heart beat feehly' though nor.
| nnlly. His health, he said, had always been
good. told him that would operate on the
| Saturday succ ecdipg-ycsterday-ut the III ON o.
| opathic Hospital. lie came to the hospital, was
| subj acted to the influence OF ether NOT more
| than tw o ounces and quafterbeiug uscd,nnd put
| upon the operating table. Two physicians as
| sisted me, one marking MIR. Haliock's pulsations
| and the other administering the ether. l had
| parted Mr.. Halocks left upper lp, ana taken
| out several teeth which almost fell out at my
| touch, when saw that his face was purple, the
most prominent indication OF asphNNia. W.
tried artificial respiration, friction, inNcrslOn
and the galvanic battery. In vain. Two ounces
to administer. l have often given q patient III
| the course OF an operation pound. man oi
woman addicted to the free use or alcohollc
LIQUORS incurs a far greater risk IN taking AT
anmsthctic than one who Is not Alcphol, ~
fact Is given TO one who is to be influenced hy
an anesthetic, that the nnIence may be easily
established. A person who l. easily innuenceo
| by an anpsthotc Is more liable To death thar
| one who Is not"
| Prof Hclmuth's version Of tho case was sup
port, a by the testimony of ORA. Hiil and hOmp
son at the post mortcm. Dr. finnell' one o.
| Coroner Woltman's physicians, Informed the
Jury that SIR. HallOcks death was due TO the ac
rally fat heart. The verdict was in accordanc
with DR.. Finnell's Information. -.
Necrosis may proceed from decayed tootn
aparticie OF a tooth that has been left In th
law uy an unskiliul dentist, or "A serious lnJur
To the law. liberation Is Its FIRST form, ana TINS
" uninteriere1 with, ordinarily develops INT
the rarely cured necrosis, which destroys II
victim in a few weeks. The removal OF the dea
bone ia a new operation. and has been essaye
only seldom IN New YORK.