The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-06-13

On Saturday last, at the hospital, DR.. Pond
assisted BY DR.. E. II. Gale, performed . crit
ical operation upon Mrs. j. Cockrell, Of st.
Louis, removing cancer Of enormous growth
from the right arm-pit. Her right breast was
removed year ago by St. Louis surgeons
but the cancer continued to spread AROUND
beneath the arm and assumed such proper
ton. that IS last hope she placed herself I'M
ton was most sk!llfully Performed, the un.
fortunate lady bearing up remarkably well
| through the dangerous ordeal, and we werc
glad to observe that the doctor seemed to en-.
terrain hopes Of her recovery.
The day previous to our visit. two bloodless
| operations were performed by means Of cleo.
tricity, with the most satisfactory results. A
very dangerous cancer was removed from the
left breast of Mrs. Bailey, wife of the Rev.
Hiram Bailey, Of Buchanan, Iowa-also, an
immense cancer from the left breast of Mrs
K w. Mckinney, Of Bushnell. On Saturday
afternoon we found the last named lady NOV
Ing about her room In very comfortable con-
ditiOn, and from her lively manner and pleas
ant smile 1t was d 1icult to realize thatshe had
60 recently undergone an operation OF this char
acter. Strong hopes are entertained that both
these ladies will fuily recover.
Electricity is used wherever It can be advan-
tsgeously employed, but Of course DR.. Pond
has many surgical operations in which his
powerful battery cannot be brought into play
ID the cauteriztng process. Some Of these
operations are OF the most critical and dan
gerous character imaginable, requiring great
skill and experience, keen eye, quickness Of
execution and unfinching nerve-in all of
which quail fcAti0ns DR.. E. H. Gale, of this
city, so long connected with the hospital, is
peculiarly gifted, and so satisfactory and sue
cessiul have his operations proven that DR..
Pond no.longer calls to his aid more notable
surgeons from abroad.
Among other patients at the hospital is
Daniel Hun, Of Fountain City, Indiana,
brother-in-law Of w. p. Nixon, of the Inter.
Ocean,. Mr.. HUFF Is afflicted with cancer in
the t lower Up but is doing well and will be en-
Or: y. W. Dun, Of Carman, H., is here
with his aged mother, who is being treated for
very severe cancer Of the breast, and the
venerable lady bears her sufferings with re-
variable fortitude nov that hope Of re-
The house Is completely filed with patients,
and has been for many months, some arriving
and others departing every week and fire.
quently every day, and IS usual they come
from all points Of the compass, It not being
Tno1 70 ne1 nearly every State in the
Saturday last, upon . single floor. We found
under treatment persons from various
points in Illinois, Indiana, Wiscon-
sin, lows, Minnesota. Nebraska, Kentucky
and Lissourtand We were presented to one
thirty-6ve hundred miles to place himself un-
der the care Of DR.. Pond. This was Mr.. J. g.
Scoggin, whose home b in far OF Washington
Territory, and who arrived at the hospital last
"Wednesday. by way Of 6sn Francisco. He Is
seventy years Of age, and Il troubled with IN
ugly cancer inside the lower lip, which Vim
probably be entirely removed without dis |
hgurtng the faee-at least It 10 very hopeful |
case.
Az usual, there are some terribly shocking |
cases under treatment but Il b believed that |
ne average 10 improving from year to year,
lmicted begin TO have better understanding |
81 the nature Of this ftightful disease, and |
Ne no longer disposed to delay until their |
ease mas become utterly hopeless before seek.
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