, 1877-02-23
A FATAL OPERATION.
The Removal Of an Immense Tumor,
aud Death Of tho Patient.
Her System Too Much Enfcoblcd to Re.
sist the Shock to tho Nerves.

tltorouehfarc on either side from Harrison 10
Twcnty-sccoud street. There ia ,pothing re-
nlarkablc In that fact, mud that particular
house would not l1avo been singled ont
for notice In Tina TntnunE hut for tic fact that
It was given history yesterday; for within Its
wn!lk Was pcrformcd one Of tho most difficult
and ner7c.tryIne operations known to the med.
tcal and surgical profession, mi, one OF tho
~. ,.S..,,tHe ~. he' ~as' .. "u y. w y, s
.noet ta''laae sccncs eusuet1 tnat " has pec"
tho lot OF tho writer to Witness In tbs
course OF IN tventtnl experience. That
1,ttlo atole Is now house Of mourplur. and
,..'. "eo"n 80 ,s..s pos 10 "u a,.n,
tho result OF an employment 0! sklEl TINT mot
with ill-succcsa, though all that human effort
could compass ,sas done. Tho victim was tho
wife Of Gatttrtcd schlundt, q t.nsm.tt,, who for
.t,frtas vss-. i,o. c.n,1 .,,o tI,,is s+r,,ct,,ro
t',utss" s"s otsapca WV ,'t.le
Hath Ills lamuy, the loWcf hoor ne1n9 usea Us
shop and The upper as a dwelling. Mrs.
notlrc ~ novoria and ,lur,nr nm uo. rot ri
- y. 80 49, t.,.. s a. ~ 49,
!or hct tnin1y a"a ,a ,"aasI1'ote aao.ts sa. WIZ ~
year. ago was in good health and very active,
when
-r,,oo ,po,v m po,u
,n, ,ho rt~,. ill., ~ hsr hall ,o1ov ,r, ,s,,h.
twa or tares inches III Of the the shoulder paac
For a time she did not experience nny particular
fnconrcnJen.e or ds,res. fron1 n. In. her mind
..e,.,ss.t .1,s ssr.,,,. r,sn..i"., an.1 t,a.
hn*honI ana oldest Children becamo nlarmcd,
a"usAa nas.@ 49, ~ - .ho.s VIZ n,nc,S sromon ~
great powers OK endurance, she bore up braycly
under the yaplliy-Growfng mass Of flesh, pnd
so,,rht but casual medical assfstoncc, From
fha stze of a pca tbe t,nwclcotno tutnor grew as
iarrn "A ii, cr lr low months, and In three Or
fnar vcars wiz fIyo times tha sIzc OF tlo inter.
mil rcrentiv 4 renrhe,i cnnr,u1s md I.,nll,er.
snmr ,iitnnnsinns% bninr fnity ef,,ht tnci,cs in
.1ismctcr in tn rctrc a1st1 fiiy six inches fro.n
~. ~ nrforo ri thn bslv In lin ton ii tfo swell
iug. No seyore paIn resulted until siort tlnu
ngo Wien Il WA dn:ideI by tbc suf1urur and llcr
relnttves Ia hcek liz advice OF q pnysleian In
srgc ur aandt of IT, h1e1ian bFo{cis ifosnita an
a. M y ct asSsrs as ssug " na1s s ssdt ts
aat @ pe tt,ern a. raa oniy ono n,ou OF Treatment to
ne va bara ehan a 1e s paten
mirl,t suryiye: il tno tutnor wos aiowca to col,-
tIni1o it's t rrowtl @ II wouI pro5abiy cause death
#, q faw See',s and certainly In three months.
Tne Dot . h sss ns IL nnsas II s III
,,9enton an,I she whit nway viii tf,o fSeiinE
Int Il were hsttcr 10 submit 10 the use Of liz
scninci linn dis by SLOW tprture.
hccnr,n 1rimf,'i. I'M % Ind ths NOR Woman bcgan to
weot:"n ~ ranItlfy thnt sI,o wns a,tnust con-
stnI,ty ccutinrd t., her bed, Sic Ind ttc choIco
az tw;, dreadful alteynptiyes-Iepth hy tpcleA
au NJ, rbanca nj % of lfc Il s,e .oso ta
Ssttnr 3hn ssns" lin ;ast n,rntSrwc,l. nn,1
wns aver, ~ anxt,ts tint shn tic.irri
fhc IT, no"tor ia "e,mn to her hn,,so
iass "Wednesday. but was !ntormed tllat Ile
t5nuld not ln rcaIY b.fore Yesterday. MIR,
ahl',dt u wa. sxn s.o14uisrS. mi, In tre:lv ravo
is n.,snrt r. t,r onnratinn tsr in ptnr o9nfain.
ir,t !. +" lin AMI r;vnW hin fuiiv 10 np'iar-
stanJ n tbc chanrcs at lilo In cIse Il was resart
et.a 81 ~ 4a' s"anes' " tAo ~ s'' ~ ""'
IN ~ nr,.cr tn 1ayc nmnto md careful assistance
nrs pt1,x.r ~ Thastaa t'arts"s mi Ii,.mrr fi"nns
ts ~ opa r.1astsd r. aitcm, viii IT, naYtrp
Fv"rxthin~ was s1ran,,e,l for tin tcrria urtieai
thrn}3si. si With ti.e m,fortuusts Won,au was to
naa. Ell "'>-' ''s ~'''0' '1A'> '"' "''' ~
T Rasss ssttnc nnu 4vs-,u,,v NJ. .rro,urxn AZ 4or
!" eAo'" A'1N" r,as. 40 80"
a,,} ,,,e ,,tt,. fran. n,ii,Ing nhovc acscr,sra.
~ ,hn ss n,"s Ta,mt;SE rsn,rtrr 1caroin.t It
lie @rcut i nnticrtakinn tiat was citIicr to bro
inn.t nnt,.mffa liz. or tts I,aataI, uratb. wns Mt
IT, a u cnabat n ay f,e ta'ts cforc
H. nnhiit. A Tho wi,nl" oncrat'cn' frn,n frst ~
ast vca ri III" ,nnst tnrl;n,r at,tI hioo.i.s,r,i.
snSht HA$ ~ *Ao "sD9s Stesha.AAt& N''A otI~1eAtA