The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-07-22
MEN WITH BROKEN NECKS
UHfT MODERN SURGERY IND pLtSTrp
or P1RIS H.irE DONE ron TIII.N

n y T.. L
or P1RIS HfyE DONE ron THIlt
\ Physicians Happy Thought The Improved
splint rive Remarkable tnscs-An N,...
Eoy aiIier's Unfortunate Header
Whom one hears of a man having hro;o,
his mock. one naturally concludes that tha, ia
the last of him. excepting the funeral and. Dor.
hnps. the obituary. But, in point % fa't thanks
To- the improvements Of modern surgery. who,
man breaks his neck. it does NOT necessarily
kin him. Some twenty ortwen'y-nyc ycnrsn,,
ito,eurred to physician Chat pa-ierof rio
might bc successfully used M % menus uf MAX.
INK an inmovnble splint. or rlsInI.i,r fr.a.
turol limbs. Experiments w'rn ma &c., Ira
! short timc i'm was discovered That hau.f l.-.. n
loo-. y-woycn material. into the inf.r-t .- u
which ground hu-inr ~ Par. hai hr.nw.N
rubbed. whom soaked In wlt-r ami applied in
the ordinary manner. soon b Hnmc ST.
| and kept the pHr- ~ which thy w.r. ap.
IliDd mml,4hlc. II Was also f,uni ualtis
oas.. Nr -pliut owing 10 the por.-ty oftu.I Is.
tor. dill NOT kren tI' part '1' lut oul on no.
count of IT, oNtrem li4hin.-- reu-.i y.ry i.-,
Inconvenience. with those re'ommcn lH ns
if graau1'lv 'r"p int favor with t'' surgeons.
and 10 now occupies most important POSITION
um 'n., the applian '.s in u-e ly thn profess. NJ
In rI-,- of broken nn lis 'hn pin.f,r hlnlar. b.,
now invariably as'l gnl IN almost yary IA.
/ stan .o with good results.
81 rul iungcr n Oh $50 cascs ioceuot nr's,
out of the injury 90 tho bone. Whcn a ath d.
! lOW. tho nc tl,ut. IL is because The n fiai 1T
- either luccrat.d or hrak,n. Whom tna d,at
hot hlIp 10 Oh" hroh n bono oi tn' n3'. nay
unit. just u, l'iIly hun" In any 9th o. llrt
NJ th" body. Th' grom pr.hlem with tl' sur
! l,rNu- ia- always boon % llul .om nrln. y
wlioh the hfad uni nr's might D' SEPT iu = .-i-
! io4 WITHOUT hnVng 10 Keep the ruli ~ ~ hs
nu + unil the bones wore firmly Join T is
/ has Nn % oyrr'owc hy tr now method. nr
patient with hroh.n nook can now walls aA,is
! WlU' i.' lnn'- are unilhE.
Among The ,l-es of fra tur' NJ N" v'ri"Nrr
o'tho o. X. which have oc mrrri IN thi- s. -
| and vicinity. a reporter oi TIE SrS has n
ahlo to obtain authentic az cunts OF tue iolw W
In 1871 orlsl5uc late Or. Watts u the Cd.
lo-" Of Phys Hn- AMI Surgeons of TINS fv.
treated u ra-e of this kind rurc--uily o.,
patient was ID mi lkmun who had had bis %. k
| hrosrn hy heing thrown from hs cart % lh.rl
n,rnun. lio recovered within year ana vat
hncA 90 his work. The ull-.rr haulu-.s -,
no applied in his casn. III was ,tr t"I ln a1
9'd p'Hn 3nd wo5 keit ON hi, ba d uAtl .hD
Dr Wniian Bnyarl Of st. John Now Brun..
| wick. hnd. perhaps, thn most rNi,a'riin ~
mulirnl profession Is con .srn u mon oata..i,-
faf.ry. since tn" rature wis proved heyenl a
SS l6a ~ d the pTT2b n pat . ire ef hnl m
r"ceivcd the injury IA long timr hc'or, Or bft.
thc c sG Ii in danger Of sgff c,'t,n iran an ~
sooss in me beck Of the a. ni From
| Ton" tu'ly an men IN "nsin. lp1n cNnn N.,
| ton II was iound tol' piece o. a." ni .i' 4
| fieticot iii,'l vii In no head r'-,- auftn
After this iierc Of lonc wa rou. vod tac
socss hcaod and tl.' child iuiiy r"'ly
fragment H. me NV York pntNo'1-i'ai 500 fy.
au III is now IN fine ~ i- nm of tNat in-t tl. u.
In 1856 Nj. Tanwa- Chain n' tN.. So
willie attnmi tfn,. fYt turn fhr.. summer. a
IN" mir from slr.n... lpgrl iu 70 Vvi.nN- 'H
WIS trgetHthy pr Lewis ! ~7rr If -"
i-in,, "a, ne roaid.r." ,,.ii .,t.r Ln n.i I.,,
takon Immediately after IT, accident, rorirtf.-
ly pQralWcd from his ",k d ,wn. hu %.
~ AK. ~" WIS Kept 1n h- in + i'f '
m n'hs. nuI within SIX m u'h" inN r'''f
am WIS able 70 rcsiiin' li- ~ iMatN "N"' n. i-.
j. y" h,rA' case o, til 'iin' .hNit 'l't
under l'r. SaNrc'S onsrrNttnn " snt ' sway
fosWin,s IN ~ winter ,"l IT, ln' pr
ME- ME- Nrrii'i,'i N' a.. .,ii'
hE'. IiN 'ls.' A'N' it'l ''Wis- ' % %. TO H
| rose UT .I'' 'Il'i. EN ii.' l7 W.T., -'N K
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