, 1875-11-05
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OHics8 VI ouhLtIpE property. lsEe Aol tI&fcl.
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EXTRAORDINARY SURGERY
IN the Edfior N tie Ch'rddp 1Tronne;
t1lrAno, Nov. MY attcntion Inns boon ar.
rested by two pa.sicAti&1na {one In your isxue q!
Scpt II. tho ot11er III TINT OF Nov, /, Of what il
very properly termed M extraordinary eurSira
operation. which was racontly performed tt
tchlSan C,11, crafty. THIS operation Consisted
in tying tho common carotid arLory. Tie ra"e
az givcn waa TINT Of IA young man named Henry
Ortlnnn, OF Ann Atbnr.who wns feri,nsfs iniu''u
by ii, e1pluson 0. gunpoHdrr. 1;nsIdo tho almost
total destruction nj his cyat, h' neek
was Eo laccrated with tho shattered
EiAsB that IN iEciaion Of ths tato.d artery
was made. The outwer,! 1lauarrflaEo wa" ar
fasted by cottcd blood but " tun'or hfet' with
blood began 10 fnlm rnnn tho srsafy' Tina tnmor
Increased rapt.y, until it leari'ed nearly tHo s'zo
OF 1,at,'e tiet nnd It was evident that Tho lin
Sac would s,,on bafft Unn death n'af almost
instantly ciis1r. This rrteasitateh thu opera
tion OF iyi's tn" hr.eff Nniclt VA .n'Sossny E'
dome One acrs,ttit gives the credit TO VI. MAG
J,cau. t'tc ether to l,r. FrothinyAam,- Ut
| tho aioI:raf nrrart'nGh. of Michigan Chllofst-
ty.--ngd boil! nCc'snLH ciainl that thero ia bne
! Uno other satcu.rful operation IT Tho Kind OH
record that ortormed by froi. Sylno. Of Ehlll-
im:E. sot,e twenty years ago.
My object III rehcareiug tho above statement
is SIMPLY for tho purpose of putting upon record
another cnee Of iiSatiug tho common carotid ar.
tory. sl1i,A Witnessed W!'eu atudant In the
Mct,cAt Department Of fransylSaMa tn!sciHi:y,
at Lexington, ky.. iu tho wear ISL. TIN uprr-
ator "As Prof. Dentamin W. lllsdi:y, WHO was
regarded in tts dag Gs tho tho a1aEniH Apollo Ut
american strGaohs. Thc subject Df the opera
ton waa abtH,t 10 years old, and tho occasion
waA i,1 ru1,su, l,onca nf All aneMsiSin by aissso-
nlos;H uf tho branches Of tho common carotid
artery wilh,n lite !hRis.. Prof. Dudley Informed
tho class tin. this WAS such case as Wan not
ulct with upon record. llte aneur!Alnnf tl,ilor
was 90 lnigo that tho oyn Of tho man was prn-
trndoi frou, it's aocsct 10 very considerable
i.staucc, tho eyebali ltsolt bong ys1r tntici
enlarged. Theio waa. nlso. psotr1lsioh ox.
tending from tho tenlpie forward to tho external
canthts Of tho eye, and ats vertical diameter ex
tending from about tho temporal ridge until
it roated upon tho os nAlar.-tho whnls tenn
pio beng Thus enlarged. by eoHpleto mesh or
Of tho careful artery. prof dudley said he was
compo1cd to iufeE that portion Vi tho temporal
bn:ie. tho temporal plata Of the or spLeroldet.
aud the orbites n.nto ot tho eye. were nbsert Cd.
Tno operation S's al embarrassing anu tedious
Que. occupying! about thirty minutes; and thu
embarrasstuent mud delay wc1e questioned by
tito l,ost1Du Ut tho inferior thyro!leal atteEr,
which suade itr was just exterior to tho carotid
winch wns to be tied, and from the fac: tas'
rccnIteist branch OF The rnr raI1ns
ws4 raveloaod it, tho ga,no Sheath
With tho artery. Tho anosireutal pllaa-
tion was attneHt instantly arrested upon
tlghteuiug tie Iigature though very F'ight pull
satiou wab rerceptib!e III, 10 abulss thirty hours
when the patient was last reported before tho
class. LID was ti!eu doing well. and in about
two weeks froM that tl'no returned to his aiotiin
in TcnBessco. l rfgFct thai did not Obtain
moro ml,lrtc information OF the csse, np 10 tho
time Of his departure, but tllt opcta:ien was
successful 30 ter III it waH in tue pu~cs OF allr'
gerry to cure.
/ 10 mt know thai record Of rrof. Dua,oy's
surgical CAGES wa- over published, but hui ropl-
tn.iou was co-c.tcngtye with the eutiro South
west. 1 myself wituussed Ais 1G1st and 1G4'i
operations Of llthosolny, Which will show the c1-
tent OF his Practice. He wRH then. perhaps, "
little past n,diio Hfo. mud every variely of ease
was bro ught to hiu. I. CRut3ACou.
HIHtT SCHOOLS.
II tAs E;i:or n 7he chIeaq" irtbn".:
CIucAno. Nov. 4.-Why is It that thern in such
MI uufair location Of night ec}ioola ID city !?
On the WcAt sido, l ain informed, there are
eight; willie cn tue South Siao Wo haye but
two and thoy hro 81 Bltuats1 "a to make it OK
ceedingly iueonrenent for thoao living in tha
southern part Of tho city to nskoud the.n. Thero
are hundreds Of -ousg people OF both acxes III
Oakland anI Fairvsow who. il thoro woro anv
evening school in the Cottage Grove Or Douglas
School building would Joyf,Ily avail themselves
Of The chance to improve their minds by sleud-
ing their evenings in study unier cosnptsens
tulorH. These arc young ltrsons whn
arc compelled to dayots their time
to a ssnn d1fpg P h Dssss ,aS nryats na'5s
Htruction. Mlst we ult0w our Children to grow
III In isuorance bocau4e wo cauuot afford to
keep tllom In schbol2 Hoaycn forbidl TIE
gentlemen Of tho Board Of Education hare taEcu
now lot them follow up thor .Eood wnrk, by
establishing a few n,oie, and locating tiou
wtero tteY wlll 10 accessible 10 the young poo
nlc IN NIL arts OF tho city, IN That u they gso''
ac.luireI a good education. tie fault shall be
Their uwI.
Il TnE Tn1nuxg will only lond its voice in sup.
pors OF Tits eatlso, It will do good Which will
be appreciated by Thousands. IuSoEAaus.
THE COUNTY CLERK.
To NE EdIt"r nf RE Chietyo Tfi1tah:
CE1cAslo, Nov. i'll roo III ny TRIBUNE thia
morning that tho Republican party ie not Goinf
to rest On Its Ia 7rels bus TO bring the Tcpestert
and other hard cases" to Judgment. Moth
ing Ia mira needed than that. Now III ths nc
ctptrd time tc secure for titnc to como honesty
In elections. SO fur the attention of tho Citt
ze.ls Association IL onls called to tulgos OF o1oc
tion aud .l,eacs.braaholH. Whnt IL to 10 dnnt
With Mr. l4ieu: : Lot III have the rolntB OF tlt
case In li- pretty q affidavit bnBncus." III
needs tho closest Watching. for there IL but littlt
lRleut about that man ro.tlay le praises antlworkl
for llehin. trlss to jcsa HIM OIL the platform al
Fhrwtll Iiail,-liesine, who u fow yeasH ago
called him tits dirsitst OF nal!lca, a,-n.,nes Ho
dirty tia. dictionary has taken taetlI up, ind
to III retnrn ns that tltno opened out nnd fairl,
cosose4 Mr. 1tosiug with mud UNI Kewat-croa,u
A LOVER OF fA1b FLAT.
| now 7ui: EAIScn VOTED.
10 III. Edi.or VI YAe Chtago 7f.buM:
Clt,cAap. Nov. 1,-rho .%7a!s-Zri.unJ OF yen